Ramy حليم
Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolRamy حليم is a technologist and security researcher with over a decade of frontline experience investigating state surveillance, spyware ecosystems, and digital threats against activists, journalists, and human-rights defenders across the MENA region. He translates deep technical research into policy briefings, accountability investigations, and practical capacity-building, having advised organizations like the EU, Amnesty International, Citizen Lab, and the ICRC. A former Tor Project board director, Ramy combines hands-on threat analysis with governance and program leadership roles at the Open Technology Fund and the Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy. His work has driven civic litigation and public exposure of covert cyber operations, earning international recognition including the Burke Distinguished Journalism Award. Fluent in bridging technical and non-technical audiences, he uniquely pairs computer science training with human-rights legal insight to design resilient, rights-respecting digital security interventions. Based in Germany, he continues to focus on how emerging technologies reshape state power and civil space in authoritarian and transitional contexts.
8 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Computer Science and Information, Computer Science and Information at El Minya UniversityInternational and Comparative Law of Human Rights, International and Comparative Law of Human Rights at International Institute of Human Rights - FranceMedia and Mass Communication, Media and Mass Communication at Cairo University
Github Skills (8)
flask-application8
thunderbird7
python5
lists5
translation5
journalism4
usability3
open-source2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (2)
freedomofpress/securedrop-i18n
Dec 2017 - Dec 2018
securedrop translations - do not install from here or file PRs here! please use https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop
Contributions:28 commits in 1 year
translationstranslationliststhunderbirdprs
freedomofpress/securedrop
Nov 2017 - Nov 2017
GitHub repository for the SecureDrop whistleblower platform. Do not submit tips here!
Contributions:1 commit in 1 day
usabilitypythonsubmitflask-applicationsecuredrop
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