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Seifeldin Ayad

MENA-based AI governance voice

Middle East and North Africa-focused AI policy voice. Argues MENA perspectives are systematically missing from mainstream AI governance discussions.

current Technology policy researcher, Independent

Strategy positions

Governance firstendorses

Lead with regulation, treaties, liability regimes

Represents MENA perspectives on AI governance, particularly around surveillance and authoritarian AI.

AI surveillance in authoritarian MENA states is not a hypothetical governance risk. It is a present reality that the global AI governance conversation does not address.

≡ tweetIndependent commentary· X/Twitter· 2024· loose paraphrase

Closest strategy neighbours

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Abeba Birhane
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Mozilla Foundation senior advisor; AI ethics researcher
Adam Tooze
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Columbia historian; Chartbook newsletter
Adrian Weller
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Cambridge professor; Alan Turing Institute fellow
Adrienne LaFrance
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The Atlantic executive editor; technology critic
Adrienne Williams
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Former Amazon warehouse worker; AI labour activist
Akash Wasil
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Encode Justice; AI policy advocate

Record last updated 2026-04-25.