Rafik is a computer engineer working and living in Japan after finishing his master on applied computer science at University of Tokyo. He has been involved within civil society on Internet Governance issues since 2007, attending several Internet Governance Forums and other internet-related conferences either as speaker or workshop organizer. His maing area of focus is on ICANN policy making processes where he was involved with the Non-Commercial Users Constituency & Non-Commercial Stakeholder grounp in different roles, and on developing awareness on Internet Governance issues in MENA region.