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The Internet Landscape in the Middle East

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Qasim Lone

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The Middle East’s Internet landscape is diverse and complex, with big variations between the GCC countries and areas such as the Levant and North Africa. Ahead of MENOG 24, we look at the development of Internet technologies in the Arabic-speaking countries of the region that have the potential to …

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