<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:#20124d">Apologies for cross posting </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:#20124d">I find this an interesting opportunity for those from Africa especially North Africa. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:#20124d"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:#20124d"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-size:small;color:#20124d"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><br style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div lang="EN-US" style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><div class="gmail-m_-6952427727823139408m_3459526670206350541WordSection1"><p align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;border:1pt solid black;padding:0cm"><img id="gmail-m_-6952427727823139408m_3459526670206350541_x0000_i1025" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/FuHN9H8ANmWmg2Db17fBEwNihZ8dk5nWGeCocMEQJIv9QfE3tykVvISDEukT4ZccDR1mqwJV7mgRW1GoKOsXdcFzJ8KIldgA9SkpBEmOQ-_ZQuMLnOWRk-ayssaSTJeae_XWgYA=s320" alt="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/FuHN9H8ANmWmg2Db17fBEwNihZ8dk5nWGeCocMEQJIv9QfE3tykVvISDEukT4ZccDR1mqwJV7mgRW1GoKOsXdcFzJ8KIldgA9SkpBEmOQ-_ZQuMLnOWRk-ayssaSTJeae_XWgYA=s320" class="gmail-CToWUd gmail-a6T" tabindex="0" style="cursor: pointer; outline: 0px;"></span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:16pt">Middle East School on Internet Governance </span></b><span style="font-size:14pt"> </span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt">Rabat, Morocco</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p align="center" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:14pt">8-12 July 2019</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify">Friends and Colleagues,</p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify">I trust this finds you well.</p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><u></u> <u></u></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;text-align:justify">The 6^th edition of the Middle East and Adjoining Countries School on Internet Governance (<span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.google.com_url-3Fq-3Dhttps-3A__www.google.com_url-3Fq-253Dhttp-3A__meacsig.org_-2526amp-3Bsa-253DD-2526amp-3Bust-253D1553264367957000-26sa-3DD-26ust-3D1553264367970000-26usg-3DAFQjCNE5778DgYGOoLRKVbmCTEehRcifHA&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=pu7jN3q1ZBfuo7H0_TGgnLZ6DmTKXODkmnlRRHjLLAY&m=Ld28EZdVUBmpIUylJ2TU1xH0mXkA_BPQ5V1tlVvTdDM&s=4D5q_8TlQuUHZqCFp47XSieIIrvOeLbuloXVwx9C3EY&e=" target="_blank">MEAC-SIG</a></span>) will take place in Rabat, Morocco from 8 to 12 July 2019. Hosted by The National Telecommunications Regulatory Agency (ANRT) of Morocco, and jointly organised by the <span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.google.com_url-3Fq-3Dhttps-3A__www.google.com_url-3Fq-253Dhttp-3A__awii.org_-2526amp-3Bsa-253DD-2526amp-3Bust-253D1553264367957000-26sa-3DD-26ust-3D1553264367970000-26usg-3DAFQjCNG-5F5K136iaCusa54u8SjOAXjdC0bQ&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=pu7jN3q1ZBfuo7H0_TGgnLZ6DmTKXODkmnlRRHjLLAY&m=Ld28EZdVUBmpIUylJ2TU1xH0mXkA_BPQ5V1tlVvTdDM&s=4dPY4EtOJgVfunJK8cgklVyTnEsYrSPk65LTAQOFz74&e=" target="_blank">Arab World Internet Institute</a></span>, the<span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.google.com_url-3Fq-3Dhttps-3A__www.google.com_url-3Fq-253Dhttps-3A__www.icann.org_-2526amp-3Bsa-253DD-2526amp-3Bust-253D1553264367958000-26sa-3DD-26ust-3D1553264367970000-26usg-3DAFQjCNEk6ebN1Uwoa28H0c1VXmrQ8a9uKQ&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=pu7jN3q1ZBfuo7H0_TGgnLZ6DmTKXODkmnlRRHjLLAY&m=Ld28EZdVUBmpIUylJ2TU1xH0mXkA_BPQ5V1tlVvTdDM&s=t4iaRwV3DJG0wfF2x1niZH_mWkm-Ls2DUhXuqbwhWzA&e=" target="_blank">Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)</a></span> , the <span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.google.com_url-3Fq-3Dhttps-3A__www.google.com_url-3Fq-253Dhttps-3A__www.internetgovernance.org_-2526amp-3Bsa-253DD-2526amp-3Bust-253D1553264367958000-26sa-3DD-26ust-3D1553264367970000-26usg-3DAFQjCNGoi-2DF5BsWEQqxCwgrUWB3gyd4VzA&d=DwMFaQ&c=FmY1u3PJp6wrcrwll3mSVzgfkbPSS6sJms7xcl4I5cM&r=pu7jN3q1ZBfuo7H0_TGgnLZ6DmTKXODkmnlRRHjLLAY&m=Ld28EZdVUBmpIUylJ2TU1xH0mXkA_BPQ5V1tlVvTdDM&s=8tDWD2AUBGdMHFtSRRO9JwGFIOoCR3JLsFwPvQa0bac&e=" target="_blank">Internet Governance Project at Georgia Tech</a></span>, the <span style="c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