Company:Mena Media Consulting

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Mena Media Consulting
TypeSociété anonyme
IndustryPublic Relations
Marketing
Founded2004
FounderOthman Al Omeir
Fouad Ali El Himma
Headquarters
Rabat
,
Morocco
Area served
Morocco
Key people
Fouad Ali El Himma
Karim Bouzida[1]
OwnerFouad Ali El Himma

Mena Media Consulting or simply Mena Media is a Moroccan public relations firm owned by King of Morocco Mohammed VI's friend and influential advisor Fouad Ali El Himma.[2][3]

The company was founded by Saudi businessman Othman Al Omeir in late 2004. It was later cited as belonging to El Himma.[4] Between 2008 and 2016, Othman El Ferdaous worked in the company as "director in charge of mission".[5]

According to local activists, Mena Media consulting was involved in Moroccan social media surveillance,[6] and went from "the simple aggregation of public information" to "listing and profiling of activists writing on blogs and social media platforms".[7]

Work

  • It held contracts with the Moroccan ministry of the Interior for the surveillance of social media platforms.[8]
  • It held contracts with the ONEE (Moroccan national office for electricity) for the promotion of its image.[9]

See also

  • Maroc Soir Group, media company editing Le Matin, the daily that promotes the image of the king in Morocco.

References

  1. "MennaMediaConsulting.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools". WhoIs. http://whois.domaintools.com/mennamediaconsulting.com. 
  2. "Qu'est-ce qui fait courir El Himma ? | Jeuneafrique.com - le premier site d'information et d'actualité sur l'Afrique". Jeune Afrique. 15 July 2008. http://www.jeuneafrique.com/Article/LIN13078questammihl0/. Retrieved 26 January 2014. 
  3. Par Mohammed Boudarham; Hassan Hamdani (15 November 2012). "Décryptage. Vous avez dit roi de la Com' ?". Telquel. Archived from the original on 28 January 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140128161946/http://www.telquel-online.com/En-couverture/Decryptage-Vous-avez-dit-roi-de-la-Com/544. Retrieved 26 January 2014. 
  4. "Othman Al Omeir lorgne l'audiovisuel". La Vie Eco. 20 January 2005. http://www.lavieeco.com/news/en-direct/othman-al-omeir-lorgne-l-audiovisuel-10472.html. Retrieved 27 January 2014. 
  5. "Biographie. Othmane El Ferdaous, un journaliste et twitto au gouvernement". Le360. 7 April 2017. https://fr.le360.ma/politique/biographie-othmane-el-ferdaous-un-journaliste-et-twitto-au-gouvernement-114517. 
  6. "CONFIDENTIEL". TelQuel 508. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001242/http://www.telquel-online.com/archives/508/lessentiel_508.shtml. Retrieved 26 January 2014. 
  7. "Cybersurveillance. Au Maroc, les yeux du pouvoir font aussi les profits de sociétés européennes". L'humanité. 30 July 2021. https://www.humanite.fr/cybersurveillance-au-maroc-les-yeux-du-pouvoir-font-aussi-les-profits-de-societes-europeennes-716042. Retrieved 18 August 2021. 
  8. "CONFIDENTIEL". TelQuel 508. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203001242/http://www.telquel-online.com/archives/508/lessentiel_508.shtml. Retrieved 26 January 2014. 
  9. "Yasmina Baddou et Ali Fassi Fihri possèdent bien deux appartements à Paris". DemainOnline. 16 November 2012. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140202092737/http://www.demainonline.com/2012/11/16/yasmina-baddou-et-ali-fassi-fihri-possedent-bien-deux-appartements-a-paris/. Retrieved 26 January 2014.