Emna Mizouni

Emna Mizouni
Portrait of Emna Mizouni at the Wikimedia Summit 2019. She is a dark-skinned woman with curly hair wearing a hoodie.
Mizouni in 2019
Born1987 (age 36–37)
NationalityTunisian
Occupations
AwardsWikimedian of the Year (2019)

Emna Mizouni (Arabic: آمنة الميزوني, romanized: ʼĀmina Al-Mizūnī, pronounced [ʔaːmina almizuni]; born 1987)[1] is a Tunisian internet and human rights activist, free-lance journalist, communications expert and business executive. In July 2019, After successfully helping to prepare RightsCon Tunis, Access Now, the international non-profit human rights group intent on an open Internet, announced her appointment to serve in their global board of directors.[2][3] In March 2013, Mizouni founded Carthagina, an initiative designed to create interest in Tunisia's cultural heritage at home and abroad.[4][5] In August 2019, she was honoured as Wikimedian of the Year at Wikimania, as a result of the leading role she has played in the development of Arab and African communities as well as her success in promoting the history and culture of Tunisia.[6]

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  2. ^ "Emna Mizouni". RightsCon 2019. June 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Tunisian activist Emna Mizouni joins Access Now board". Access Now. 26 July 2019. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
  4. ^ Sghaier, Mohamed Ali (20 February 2015). "Des cartes postales pour partager l'amour de la Tunisie à travers le monde" (in French). Tunis Webdo. Retrieved 20 February 2015.
  5. ^ Pierandrei, Elisa. "I nuovi sogni della medina di Tunisi" (in Italian). eastwest.eu. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
  6. ^ Erhart, Ed (18 August 2019). "Meet Emna Mizouni, the newly minted 2019 Wikimedian of the Year". Wikimedia Foundation. Retrieved 26 August 2019.