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5 unusual facts about Ali Abdulemam


Ali Abdulemam

In late 2002, the government of Bahrain ordered the national internet service provider, Batelco, to block access to the site, which was hosted in the US.

Ali Hassan Abdullah Abdulemam (Arabic: علي حسن عبد الله عبد الامام), widely known as Ali Abdulemam (Arabic: علي عبد الإمام) is a Bahraini liberal blogger and contributor to Global Voices.

Abdulemam started Bahrain Online as an anonymous blog in 1998, but revealed his identity later in 2002.

He is the founder of Bahrain Online, a popular online forum and pro-democracy news website.

In February 2005, Bahraini authorities raided Abdulemam's home in Jidhafs while Abdulemam was at work.



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