Name: Hala Essalmawi
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Web Site: http://bibalex.org/a2k
Bio: Ms. Essalmawi, an Egyptian national, is a Principal Attorney (Head of Section), and the Intellectual Property Rights Officer at the Library of Alexandria. She is the Project Lead of the Library’s Access to Knowledge initiative and the editor of its website. Ms. Essalmawi is also eIFL-IP country coordinator as well as the Project Lead for Creative Commons in Egypt and the research coordinator for the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) “Consumer Protection in the Microfinance Industry Research Project”. Her full biography is available on the IQsensato Group website.
Posts by Hala Essalmawi:
Creative Commons in the Arab World, Views From the Global South
May 18th, 2010Hala Essalmawi[1] – Creative Commons initiative, born in the “North”, does it have a chance in the Arab world? Does the Arabs are interested and aware of Copyright laws? Are they concerned about Access to Knowledge issues? Can Creative Commons introduce a new tool to access and disseminate knowledge in the Arab countries?
