Thanks Hadia, Nadir, Zakir, Bakht and all, you may know that I am in Iraq, differnet time zone, so by evening iraq local time I wil compile new version which include

all you suggestions and your valuable inputs.

My greetings from Baghdad

Thanks a lot.

All the Best,

Abdalmonem Tharwat Galila

Deputy Manager, Dot Masr Registry,

Operation Sector.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Hadia Abdelsalam Mokhtar EL miniawi [mailto:Hadia@tra.gov.eg]
Sent: 12 March, 2019 11:01 AM
To: Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj@gmail.com>; MEAC ICANN <meac.icann@aratld.org>; meac.swg@icann.org
Cc: Zakir Syed <zakirbinrehman@yahoo.com>; baher.esmat <baher.esmat@icann.org>; fahd.batayneh <fahd.batayneh@icann.org>; Abdalmonem Tharwat Galila <agalila@mcit.gov.eg>
Subject: Re: [MEAC ICANN] [Ext] Re: ICANN64 Middle East Space - Universal Acceptance

Hi all,

Thank you Nadira, I am adding the indicators, however I shall refer to EAI and IDN deployment and usage indicators rather than the indicators that measure the online environment related to the next billion which actually has many aspects to it including connectivity, costs, education, etc... ( I took part of what Ahemd wrote, I am so sorry ahmed as I just saw your amendment now and I incorporated many of it below). I think that all the words that you have in bold are now included. Abdelmoneim kindly chime in.

so this is my suggestion is

We, the Middle East (ME) community members participating in ICANN64 community forum in Kobe, Japan addressed in this statement the concerns of the Universal Acceptance (UA) project with the consultation of the wider ME community. UA supports inclusion, allowing users to build their own Internet identities and strengthens their online experiences.

To help in advancing the UA Project we recommend to ICANN the following:

* Develop a UA open repository from different scripts

* Collaborate and coordinate with all stakeholders such as private sectors, technical and academic communities and governments to take their first steps towards UA readiness

* Conduct a region-focused survey on how to promote IDNs, Email Address Internationalization (EAI), and UA within the region

* Develop Indicators that measure the readiness of the UA online environment and explore the best applied

practices that relate to IDNs and EAIs

* Guide APIs builders specially the open-source community to make it generic for all the available languages scripts

considering RTL languages and actively engage software developers and service providers on the topic of universal

acceptance

* Allocate a budget to universal acceptance community-driven efforts

* Address the human aspect of universal acceptance by launching a UA awareness program

* Allocate more resources to label Generation Rules and support the community

* Propose guidelines on means of coordination between UA project actors

We finally note that our recommendations contribute to ICANN strategic goal 3.1 of the ICANN 2021-2025 strategy

________________________________

From: Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj@gmail.com>

Sent: 12 March 2019 10:21

To: Hadia Abdelsalam Mokhtar EL miniawi

Cc: Zakir Syed; baher.esmat; fahd.batayneh; Abdelmeniem MCIT

Subject: Re: [MEAC ICANN] [Ext] Re: ICANN64 Middle East Space - Universal Acceptance

Thank you very much, talking about developing abd indicators to measure ...is an important and it is missed in the summary.

On Tue, Mar 12, 2019, 17:10 Hadia Abdelsalam Mokhtar EL miniawi <Hadia@tra.gov.eg<mailto:Hadia@tra.gov.eg>> wrote:

Sorry I just missed the closing sentence

We, the Middle East (ME) community members participating in ICANN64 community forum in Kobe, Japan addressedin this statement the concerns of the Universal Acceptance (UA) project with the consultation of the wider ME community. UA supports inclusion, allowing users to build their own Internet identities and heightens their online experiences.

To help in advancing the UA Project we recommend to ICANN the following:

* Develop a UA open repository from different scripts

* Collaborate and coordinate with all stakeholders such as private sectors, technical and academic communities and governments to take their first steps towards UA readiness

* Conduct a region-focused survey on how to promote IDNs, Email Address Internationalization (EAI), and UA within the region

* Help in exploring the best applied practices that relate to IDNs and EAIs

* Actively engage software developers and service providers on the topic of universal acceptance

* Allocate a budget to universal acceptance community-driven efforts

* Address the human aspect of universal acceptance by launching a UA awareness program

* Allocate more resources to label Generation Rules and support the community

* Propose guidelines on means of coordination between UA project actors

We finally note that our recommendations contribute to ICANN strategic goal 3.1 of the ICANN 2021-2025 strategy

________________________________

From: Hadia Abdelsalam Mokhtar EL miniawi

Sent: 12 March 2019 10:03

To: zakir rehman; Nadira Alaraj

Cc: baher.esmat; fahd.batayneh; Abdelmeniem MCIT

Subject: Re: [MEAC ICANN] [Ext] Re: ICANN64 Middle East Space - Universal Acceptance

Dear All,

So I have worked on the statement to make it concise and clear, please find below my proposal. Apologies for not putting it on the wiki as being conscious about the time I edited here. Abdelmoneim, zakir and all the rest please provide your feedback. Zakir I think that this could be easily read in 2 minutes

Note : I included all the recommendations and added one more

-----------------------------------

To help in advancing the UA Project we recommend to ICANN the following:

* Develop a UA open repository for different scripts

* Collaborate and coordinate with all stakeholders such as private sectors, technical and academic communities

and governments to take their first steps towards UA readiness

* Conduct a region-focused survey on how to promote IDNs, Email Address Internationalization (EAI), and UA

within the region

* Help in exploring the best applied practices that relate to IDNs and EAIs

* Actively engage software developers and service providers on the topic of universal acceptance

* Allocate a budget to universal acceptance community-driven efforts

* Address the human aspect of universal acceptance by launching a UA awareness program

* Allocate more resources to label Generation Rules and support the community

* Propose guidelines on means of coordination between UA project actors

Kindest Regards

Hadia

We, the Middle East community members stress on the concerns of the Universal Acceptance project as a Foundational requirement for a truly multilingual Internet, in which users around the world can navigate entirely in local languages.

To help making good progress in the UA Project, we recommend that ICANN:

❖ Guide the APIs builders specially the open-source community to make it generic for all the available languages scripts considering RTL languages.

❖ Encourage the coordination efforts of all the stakeholders, towards UA readiness by developing a repository systems and

❏ Identifying the applications and modifying the current systems that should be UA ready,

❏ providing guidelines and toolkits for how to make new applications UA ready.

❏ Compiling UA issues inventory for different scripts that affect the project.

❏ Preparing guidelines and procedures on how the coordination between the different UA project actors

❖ Pave the way to develop indicators to measure how much the UA online environment is ready to handle the next billion multilingual internet users.

❖ Allocate more budget and resources to this community-driven efforts for LGR-2, IDNs and raising awareness within regional language communities for more engagements conducting more outreach in specific area of UA.

Hoping our recommendation will support ICANN strategic goal 3.1 of the ICANN 2021-2025 strategy.

________________________________

From: zakir rehman <zakirbinrehman@yahoo.com<mailto:zakirbinrehman@yahoo.com>>

Sent: 12 March 2019 08:54

To: Nadira Alaraj

Cc: Hadia Abdelsalam Mokhtar EL miniawi; baher.esmat; fahd.batayneh; Abdelmeniem MCIT

Subject: Re: [MEAC ICANN] [Ext] Re: ICANN64 Middle East Space - Universal Acceptance

Thank you Nadira, Hadia et al,

Its too long to be covered in 2 minutes. So what we can do is that we take the statement and only share the recommendations from it, instead of all the statement in its entirety.

Also, yes, we discussed the point suggested by Hadia above, and I agreed to it. so if we don't have have any disagreement, we may go with that in the next revision together with a couple of other comments which we received during ME Space.

I can take a summary out of it, and see if I would be able to cover that in 2 minutes. Tonight.

Right now in constituency session, and thereafter at the IGF outreaches. Thanks again.

Best,

Zakir

Sent from my iPhone

On 12-Mar-2019, at 11:48 AM, Nadira Alaraj <nadira.araj@gmail.com<mailto:nadira.araj@gmail.com><mailto:nadira.araj@gmail.com<mailto:nadira.araj@gmail.com>>> wrote:

Dear Hadia,

Thank you very much for your energy,

Since, I'm not able to join you, I sent a first draft consolidated version so you and Zakir and if possible you can reach out to Abdalmonem to finalize it.

Please keep in mind the 2 minutes limited time. Better that Zakir practice reading it and see if he can not exceed the limited time limit.

best,

Nadira

On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 6:54 AM Hadia Abdelsalam Mokhtar EL miniawi <Hadia@tra.gov.eg<mailto:Hadia@tra.gov.eg><mailto:Hadia@tra.gov.eg<mailto:Hadia@tra.gov.eg>>> wrote:

Hi all,

I propose meeting sometime today in order to prepare the requested concise version, Zakir, Nadira and all the others who either contributed to the statement or are here at kobe and would like to contribute, would lunch time today be a good time for you. like around 12:30. Please confirm.

Kind Regards

Hadia

________________________________________

From: Baher Esmat <baher.esmat@icann.org<mailto:baher.esmat@icann.org><mailto:baher.esmat@icann.org<mailto:baher.esmat@icann.org>>>

Sent: 11 March 2019 10:27

To: Hadia Abdelsalam Mokhtar EL miniawi; fahd.batayneh; MEAC ICANN

Subject: Re: [Ext] Re: [MEAC ICANN] ICANN64 Middle East Space - Universal Acceptance

Colleagues, just to remind those of you who are involved in the drafting of the statement of Ram Mohan's suggestion that came during the ME Space today to prepare a concise (focused) version to be presented before the Board at the public forum on Thursday.

Best

Baher

On 3/11/19, 3:25 PM, "MEAC.ICANN on behalf of Hadia Abdelsalam Mokhtar EL miniawi" <meac.icann-bounces@aratld.org<mailto:meac.icann-bounces@aratld.org><mailto:meac.icann-bounces@aratld.org<mailto:meac.icann-bounces@aratld.org>> on behalf of Hadia@tra.gov.eg<mailto:Hadia@tra.gov.eg><mailto:Hadia@tra.gov.eg<mailto:Hadia@tra.gov.eg>>> wrote:

Dear All,

I discussed briefly with Zakir and we think we need to replace this paragraph "UA will empower the local languages digital content with valuable contents through the new added local initiatives and contributions" because we believe that the meaning is not clear.

I propose replacing it with "UA supports inclusion, allowing users to build their own Internet identities and heightens their online experiences."

If I am at the session I shall say that, if not and if you agree kindly propose it

Best

Hadia

________________________________________

From: MEAC.ICANN <meac.icann-bounces@aratld.org<mailto:meac.icann-bounces@aratld.org><mailto:meac.icann-bounces@aratld.org<mailto:meac.icann-bounces@aratld.org>>> on behalf of Hadia Abdelsalam Mokhtar EL miniawi <Hadia@tra.gov.eg<mailto:Hadia@tra.gov.eg><mailto:Hadia@tra.gov.eg<mailto:Hadia@tra.gov.eg>>>

Sent: 11 March 2019 03:21

To: fahd.batayneh; MEAC ICANN

Subject: Re: [MEAC ICANN] ICANN64 Middle East Space - Universal Acceptance

Dear All,

The Middle East Session collides with the session "Next steps in ICANN'S responses to the EPDP, as a member of the EPDP team I need to be there, but I shall try to come to our session as well.

Best

Hadia

________________________________

From: MEAC.ICANN <meac.icann-bounces@aratld.org<mailto:meac.icann-bounces@aratld.org><mailto:meac.icann-bounces@aratld.org<mailto:meac.icann-bounces@aratld.org>>> on behalf of Fahd Batayneh <fahd.batayneh@icann.org<mailto:fahd.batayneh@icann.org><mailto:fahd.batayneh@icann.org<mailto:fahd.batayneh@icann.org>>>

Sent: 10 March 2019 11:58

To: MEAC ICANN

Subject: [MEAC ICANN] ICANN64 Middle East Space - Universal Acceptance

Friends and Colleagues,

The Middle East Space at ICANN64 takes place on Monday 11 March at 15.15 - 16.45 Japan Standard Time (06.15 - 07.45 UTC).

Where: Topaz | Kobe Portopia Hotel & Kobe International Conference Center

When: Monday 11 March at 15.15 - 16.45 Japan Standard Time (06.15 - 07.45 UTC)

If you are not in Kobe in-person, remote participation facilities are available. Arabic, English, and French interpretation is available, too.