Hi Khaled, Rafik,<br><br>Thanks for your comments.<br><br>comment one - maybe you can just view this as a simple colorful representation of the world and of languages.... and how ICANN is simply striving to get understood by more people. I admit the picture has too little number of countries and even languages.... If I have to represent the seven languages written and spoken in Niger, I would need more than one flag. Tifinag has no flag but the people who speak it span 5 countries.... So there is no other significance here than showing diversity.
<br><br>comment two - yes North Africa is part of the Arab world but is geographically in Africa. Baher is the Manager for the Middle East and the reason why Egypt is highlighted is just to say Baher is from there. Also please understand that our regions are not cast in stone! Depending on languages spoken, Baher and I work in tandem for the North of Africa reason why you get to participate in French and Arabic sessions at ICANN when you wish. I tend to take care of French and Spanish countries in Europe too with the Manger for Europe for example. The primordial objective is to take care of people in languages that make it easier for them to participate.
<br><br>Cheers<br>ar<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 8/13/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Khaled KOUBAA</b> <<a href="mailto:khaled.koubaa@topnet.tn">khaled.koubaa@topnet.tn</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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AR,<br>
We appreciate effort made by ICANN to be close to the user. <br>
I have two comments :<br>
- If the figure represent the ICANN and languages; so why representing
languages by countries flags ? If the figure represent ICANN and
regions ; flags don't represent regions. I can not find a
signification to this figure.<br>
- North African region is a part of the Arab world, and we have
participated with Baher in some meetings regarding the Arab World. The
name of his region on the page is Middle East !<br>
Best,<br>
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Khaled<br>
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