Mena Media Consulting

Mena Media Consulting
Company typeSociété anonyme
IndustryPublic Relations
Marketing
Founded2004
FounderOthman Al Omeir
Fouad Ali El Himma
Headquarters
Rabat
,
Morocco
Area served
Morocco
Key people
Fouad Ali El Himma
Karim Bouzida[1]
OwnerFouad Ali El Himma

Mena Media Consulting or simply Mena Media is a Moroccan public relations firm owned by King of Morocco Mohammed VI's friend and influential advisor Fouad Ali El Himma.[2][3]

The company was founded by Saudi businessman Othman Al Omeir in late 2004. It was later cited as belonging to El Himma.[4] Between 2008 and 2016, Othman El Ferdaous worked in the company as "director in charge of mission".[5]

According to local activists, Mena Media consulting was involved in Moroccan social media surveillance,[6] and went from "the simple aggregation of public information" to "listing and profiling of activists writing on blogs and social media platforms".[7]

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  2. ^ "Qu'est-ce qui fait courir El Himma ? | Jeuneafrique.com - le premier site d'information et d'actualité sur l'Afrique". Jeune Afrique. 15 July 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  3. ^ Par Mohammed Boudarham; Hassan Hamdani (15 November 2012). "Décryptage. Vous avez dit roi de la Com' ?". Telquel. Archived from the original on 28 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  4. ^ "Othman Al Omeir lorgne l'audiovisuel". La Vie Eco. 20 January 2005. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  5. ^ "Biographie. Othmane El Ferdaous, un journaliste et twitto au gouvernement". Le360. 7 April 2017.
  6. ^ "CONFIDENTIEL". TelQuel. Vol. 508. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  7. ^ "Cybersurveillance. Au Maroc, les yeux du pouvoir font aussi les profits de sociétés européennes". L'humanité. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.