Mena Media Consulting

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]

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

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

References
  1. "MennaMediaConsulting.com WHOIS, DNS, & Domain Info - DomainTools". WhoIs.
  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. 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. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  4. "Othman Al Omeir lorgne l'audiovisuel". La Vie Eco. 20 January 2005. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  5. "Biographie. Othmane El Ferdaous, un journaliste et twitto au gouvernement". Le360. 7 April 2017.
  6. "CONFIDENTIEL". TelQuel. Vol. 508. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  7. "Cybersurveillance. Au Maroc, les yeux du pouvoir font aussi les profits de sociétés européennes". L'humanité. 30 July 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  8. "CONFIDENTIEL". TelQuel. Vol. 508. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. 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. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
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