Career
He was a political refugee living in the Netherlands between 1998 and 2011. Sami is the author of the e-book (in French) Borj Erroumi Extra Large. He also co-founded The Arab Techies Collective and co-Organizer of The Arab Bloggers Conferences. Ben Gharbia supported bloggers in Tunisia after the government began a policy of Internet censorship in Tunisia.
Foreign Policy named Sami Ben Gharbia as a major world influence in promoting government transparency.
Prince Claus Awards named Sami Ben Gharbia in 2012 for his innovative cyber-activism works mainly through social media. Vrij Nederland named Sami Ben Gharbia as one of its 2012 Dwarsdenkers.
Yahoo! named Sami Ben Gharbia as one of the person of the year during the 2010 World Press Freedom for his work focused on Internet censorship.
