Internet Usage in the Middle East

Internet Usage in the Middle East

Recent and predicted future changes in the leadership of many Middle Eastern and North African countries, most notably Morocco and Jordan, and Syria and elsewhere have led media pundits to note the coming of an “Internet Leadership” in the region. The term alludes to the fact that the new and up and coming leadership in the region is relatively young, educated in the US or Europe, recognizes the key role that technology in general and ICT (information and communication technology) in particular play in national development. Despite the perceived risks from joining the global computer network, non-democratic regimes have not shunned this technology because it promises to be the key to development, prosperity, and influence.