Attention! The applications for the Middle East and Adjoining Countries School on Internet Governance 2023 is now open! The School will be held in Muscat, Oman, on 18–20 Dec, and will be co-hosted by جامعة السلطان قابوس and Decree. To learn more >> bit.ly/3BCKS4H

In collaboration w/ كلية الحقوق, Decree will be co-hosting Middle East School on Internet Governance, organised by ICANN, Internet Society, & RIPE NCC which takes place in Muscat for the very first time in December 2023. If your employer requires an invite to apply, let me know.

Finished reading “The Hidden Girl and Other Stories” by Ken Liu, it’s nowhere as good as his other short stories collection “The Paper Menagerie”. I get what the book is trying to say, and I think most stories were good, but I was not a fan of all the interconnected stories.

Don’t miss out on our upcoming Labour Law seminar to learn about the key changes in the new law!

Don’t miss out of the seminar on the new Labour Law that Decree is organizing in collaboration with وزارة العدل والشؤون القانونية - سلطنة عُمان and Trowers & Hamlins , registration details on the link below:

Live from the Minitry of Health workshop on the development of the digital health policy.

A short post on the new Collective Labour Disputes Arbitration Committee under the new Labour Law

Thanks to everyone who made it to our event today!

I am looking forward to speaking about the state of cybersecurity law in the Arab world on Thursday the 12th of October at the Regional Cybersecurity Week in Abu Dhabi organised by المركز الإقليمي للأمن السيبراني (RCC). More info on the website of the event: rcssummit.com

Live from the Regional Cybersecurity Week in Abu Dhabi المركز الإقليمي للأمن السيبراني (RCC)

I had a great time talking about cybercrime law and data protection law in the GCC and the Arab region at the Regional Cybersecurity Week 2023 in Abu Dhabi.

In collaboration with @molaoman, we are delighted to invite you to a seminar titled "Extending the arbitration agreement to non-signatories" to be delivered by Martin Platte on 27 November 2023. More details below: buff.ly/3SN5BM5

We are launching today Qanoon KSA. This experimental version of the website currently publishes new Saudi legislation in a fully searchable format free of charge. Make sure you follow our Saudi social media accounts to stay up to date with Saudi developments:

Looking forward to joining the upcoming Internet Society Middle East community call to speak about threats to the Internet in the MENA region scheduled for 23 July at 7pm Muscat time. If you are interested in attending, you can register at this link: isoc.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

We are offering a paid internship opportunity for translation graduates, more info on the link below:

We are launching Lex AI—Decree’s artificial intelligence legal research assistant. Lex AI lets you use natural language to ask legal questions, generate summaries, create compliance checklists, and carry out a variety of other legal tasks. Learn more here buff.ly/3YVCwLX

We are delighted to invite you to a seminar titled “The Dilemma of Indemnities” generously hosted by the MJLA. The seminar will be delivered by Salim Al-Sinawi on Wednesday, 28 May 2025, at the theatre of the Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs. buff.ly/q4uYrXv

A decade of Qanoon! As September comes to a close, we're celebrating ten years of providing free and open access to Omani legislation in Arabic. Qanoon's co-founder, Yousuf Al-Busaidi, shares his reflections on this milestone in our latest blog post: buff.ly/DsDK7XC