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This topic has appeared in the English Wikipedia rankings 1 time. It first appeared on 2026-05-17 and was most recently seen on 2026-05-17.
Alkasir is an internet censorship circumvention free software developed by Yemeni software developer Walid al-Saqaf. Al-Saqaf is the son of Yemeni investigative journalist Abdulaziz Al-Saqqaf who died under what The Guardian called "mysterious circumstances" and who had set up a news website focusing on Yemeni affairs, YemenPortal.net, while he was earning a PhD in Sweden. Alkasir was created when the government blocked access to the site using Websense, and later, Netsweeper.
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