Middle East

Michael Dahan, Internet Usage in the Middle East: Some Political & Social Implications 2000

Afghanistan

• See Cyberwar:Sept 11
• Dot-Com: Building Capacity in Afghanistan's Ministry of Communications: dot-GOV

Bahrain

• Bahrain/Tunisia: Censors of the Net, Global Voices 6/25/2009
• Bahrain Site Registration Sparks Protests, AP 4/29/2005

Iran

• Censoring Begins At Home: Iran Announces Plans To Build Its Own Internet, Operating System, Techdirt 6/6/2011
• Iran Vows To Unplug The Internet, Huffpo 6/2/2011
• Worm Was Perfect for Sabotaging Centrifuges, NYT 11/19/2010
• Iran launches cyber attack on ?enemies? of state: report, Globe and Mail 3/14/2011
• More news websites blocked in Iran, Globe and Mail 1/31/2011
• Iran: Computer Malware Sabotaged Uranium Centrifuges, Wired 12/1/2010
• Stuxnet 'hit' Iran nuclear plans, BBC 11/22/2010
• Iran chokes off Internet on eve of student rallies, Globe and Mail 12/8/2009
• Questions about WSJ story on Net Management in Iran, Isen 6/25/2009
• Proxy servers pressed into action to keep Web access in Iran, CW 6/25/2009
• Iran Blocks Access to Facebook, Used by President's Campaign Opponents, Wash Post 5/25/2009
• Iran Blocks Facebook... Though There Are Disagreements About The Reason, Techdirt 5/25/2009
• Iran - Government continues to harass cyber-feminists in attempt to silence them - 29.10.2008, RSF 10/30/2008
• Iran 'lifts block on SMS texting', BBC 7/7/2009
• Second thoughts about that Wall St. Journal article on Iran and DPI, IGP 6/25/2009
• The Conundrum of Internet Filtering, PK 6/25/2009
• An Update On What's Happening in Iran, Youtube 6/25/2009
• Iran - Nine women, including five journalists, arrested in latest attempt to intimidate cyber-feminists - 13.06.2008, rsf 6/13/2008
• Iranian Activists Criticize New Restrictions on Web Sites, Wash Post 5/22/2008
• Iran - Almost 20 websites blocked as online censorship grows - 21.05.2008, rsf 5/22/2008
• Iran to Filter 'Immoral' Mobile Messages, eweek 5/1/2007
• YouTube gets blocked in Iran, 12/8/2006
• Iranians outraged after video posted to Google redraws map, Guardian 11/14/2006
• Iranian ISPs defy regulator ban on high-speed internet, Iran News 10/30/2006
• Iranian censors clamp down on bloggers, MSNBC 8/15/2006
• Iran Tightens Web Filters, Red Herring 10/24/2005
• Global blogger action day called, BBC 2/22/2005
• Iran jails blogger for 14 years, BBC 2/25/2005
• Iran Jails More Journalists and Blocks Web Sites, NYT 11/9/2004
• Protest against Iran blog arrests, BBC 10/22/2004
• Iran bloggers' censorship protest, BBC 9/24/2004
• Iranian postcards: Cybercafes have sprung up and mullahs are getting webwise, BBC 2/18/2004
• Iran restricts reformist website, BBC 1/8/2004
• Iranian Bloggers Rally Against Censorship, BBC 12/12/2003
• Iran defends web control, BBC 12/12/2003
• Iran Cracks Down On Banned Web Sites, ABC 7/2/03
• Iran Steps Up Net Censorship, BBC 5/12/03
• Blogs Opening Iranian Society?, Wired 5/28/03
• Bloggers unite to fight, BBC 5/2/03
• Iranians arrested for net dating, BBC 3/3/03
• Internet use on the up in Iran NUA 11/5/02
• Iran locks teens out of the Web, CNET 6/25/01

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

• Kuwait Blocking Islamic Web Sites That Incite Violence, UNDP 2/8/2005

Lebanon

• Besieged Lebanese turn to Internet, MSNBC 8/8/2006

Palestine

• For Hezbollah, it's fiber warfare, CNET 5/13/2008
• Palestinian Internet cafes being attacked, Seattle 3/8/2007
• Palestinians go online to bypass curfews, IHT 2/18/2004

Pakistan

See Cyberwar: India Pakistan
Year Regulator Established: 1996 | Approval Required for ISP to Start Operations: Notification. | ISP Price Regulation: No. | Source: Scott Wallsten, Regulation and Internet Use in Developing Countries, Table 1 (Draft Dec. 2002)

The Diffusion of the Internet in the  Islamic Republic of Pakistan

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Peter Wolcott & Seymour E Goodman, The Internet in Turkey and Pakistan: A Comparative Analysis 2000