Publications

• Internet Censorship and the Intraregional Geopolitical Conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, January 2019, 
  https://cyber.harvard.edu/publication/2019/internet-censorship-and-intraregional-geopolitical-conflicts-middle-east-and-north
• The Yemen War Online: Propagation of Censored Content on Twitter,  Helmi Noman, Robert Faris, John Kelly, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, February 2018, 
  https://cyber.harvard.edu/publications/2018/02/yemen
• The Shifting Landscape of Global Internet Censorship, Justin Clark,  Robert Faris, Ryan Morrison-Westphal, Helmi Noman, Casey Tilton, Jonathan Zittrain, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, June 2017, 
  https://cyber.harvard.edu/publications/2017/06/GlobalInternetCensorship
• If We Own It, We Define It: Self-Regulating Harmful Speech Dilemma, Perspectives on Harmful Speech Online, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, August 2017 (Essay) 
  https://cyber.harvard.edu/publications/2017/08/harmfulspeech
• Tender Confirmed, Rights at Risk: Verifying Netsweeper in Bahrain,  Jakub Dalek, Ron Deibert, Bill Marczak, Sarah McKune, Helmi Noman, Irene Poetranto, Adam Senft, Citizen Lab, September 2016, 
  https://citizenlab.ca/2016/09/tender-confirmed-rights-risk-verifying-netsweeper-bahrain/
• Structure and Discourse: Mapping the Networked Public Sphere in the Arab Region, Robert Faris, John Kelly, Helmi Noman, Dalia Othman, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, March 2016, 
  https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2016/arab_nps
• Openness and Restraint: Structure, Discourse, and Contention in Saudi Twitter, Helmi Noman, Robert Faris and John Kelly, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, December 2015, 
  https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2015/saudi_twitter
• Arab Religious Skeptics Online: Anonymity, Autonomy, and Discourse in a Hostile Environment, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, February 2015, 
  http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/98261
• The Use of the Internet to Enforce Religious Hegemony in Saudi Arabia, Internet Monitor 2014: Reflections on the Digital World, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, December 2014 (Essay), 
  http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2014/reflections_on_the_digital_world
• Monitoring Information Controls in Iraq in Reaction to ISIS Insurgency, Adam Senft, Jakub Dalek, Helmi Noman, Masashi Crete-Nishihata, Citizen Lab, June 2014, 
  https://citizenlab.org/2014/06/monitoring-information-controls-in-iraq/
• Internet Filtering in a Failed State: The case of Netseeper in Somalia, Masashi Crete-Nishihata, Jakub Dalek, Adam Senft, Saad Omar Khan, Matthew Carrieri, Ron Deibert, Helmi Noman, February 2014, Citizen Lab, 
  https://citizenlab.ca/2014/02/internet-filtering-failed-state-case-netsweeper-somalia/
• “In the Name of God: Faith-Based Internet Censorship in Majority Muslim Countries,” Routledge Handbook of Media Law (New York: Routledge, 2013)
• Antagonism Uploaded: Website Defacements During the Arab Spring, Internet Monitor 2013: Reflections on the Digital World, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, December 2013, (Essay), 
  https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/publications/2013/reflections_on_the_digital_world
• A Method for Identifying and Confirming the Use of URL Filtering Products for Censorship, Citizen Lab, Jakub Dalek, Bennett Haselton, Helmi Noman, Adam Senft, Masashi Crete-Nishihata, Phillipa Gill, Ronald J. Deibert, Citizen Lab, October 2013, 
  http://conferences.sigcomm.org/imc/2013/papers/imc112s-dalekA.pdf
• Monitoring Information Controls During the Bali IGF, Matthew Carrieri, Masashi Crete-Nishihata, Jakub Dalek, Ron Deibert, Saad Omar Khan, Helmi Noman, Irene Poetranto, Adam Senft, Greg Wiseman October 2013, 
  https://citizenlab.ca/2013/10/monitoring-information-controls-bali-igf/
• Planet Blue Coat: Mapping Global Censorship and Surveillance Tools, Citizen Lab, Morgan Marquis-Boire, Jakub Dalek, Sarah McKune, Matthew Carrieri, Masashi Crete-Nishihata, Ron Deibert, Saad Omar Khan, Helmi Noman, John Scott-Railton, Greg Wiseman, Citizen Lab, January 2013, 
  https://citizenlab.org/2013/01/planet-blue-coat-mapping-global-censorship-and-surveillance-tools/
• Routing Gone Wild: Documenting Upstream Filtering in Oman via India, Jakub Dalek, Ron Deibert, Masashi Crete-Nishihata, Adam Senft, Helmi Noman, Greg Wiseman July 2012, 
  https://citizenlab.ca/2012/07/routing-gone-wild/
• In the Name of God: Faith-based Internet Censorship in Majority Muslim Countries, OpenNet Initiative, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, August 2011, 
  https://opennet.net/sites/opennet.net/files/ONI_NameofGod_1_08_2011.pdf
• The Emergence of Open and Organized Pro-­Government Cyber Attacks in the Middle East: The Case of the Syrian Electronic Army, Citizen Lab, June 2011, 
  https://opennet.net/emergence-open-and-organized-pro-government-cyber-attacks-middle-east-case-syrian-electronic-army
• West Censoring East: The Use of Western Technologies by Middle East Censors, 2010-­‐2011, Helmi Noman, Jillian York, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, February 2011,
  http://opennet.net/sites/opennet.net/files/ONI_WestCensoringEast.pdf
• Sex, Social Mores, and Keyword Filtering: Microsoft Bing in the “Arabian Countries, OpenNet Initiative, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, March 2010, 
  http://opennet.net/sites/opennet.net/files/bing_arabiancountries.pdf
• Regional Overview of Internet Regulations and Censorship in the Middle East and North Africa (2008-2009), OpenNet Initiative, Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society, August 2009, 
  http://www.opennet.net/research/regions/mena