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In 2017, Ismail became the <a href="/GAC" class="mw-redirect" title="GAC">GAC</a> liaison to the <a href="/ICANN_Board" title="ICANN Board">ICANN Board</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>She is also a member of the Egyptian working group on <a href="/Internet_Governance" class="mw-redirect" title="Internet Governance">Internet Governance</a> and the <a href="/ISOC" class="mw-redirect" title="ISOC">Internet Society Chapter</a> of Egypt. </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none"><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#Career_History"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Career History</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#Education"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Education</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Videos"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Videos</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Presentations"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Presentations</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Career_History">Career History</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/index.php?title=Manal_Ismail&veaction=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Career History" class="mw-editsection-visualeditor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-divider"> | </span><a href="/index.php?title=Manal_Ismail&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section's source code: Career History"><span>edit source</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Before she joined NTRA, she worked at the Ministry of Egypt in the Telecom Strategic and Technical Planning Department. </p><p>She started her career as a Network Engineer working at the Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center. 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