Ravan Al-Taie, who is based in Iraq and works for an oilfield services company, states on her page as a candidate for the board of the Wikimedia Foundation that she thinks “it’s time for more voices from underrepresented communities” to shape the future of the encyclopedia’s movement and that she wants to “help ensure that decisions reflect the diversity of our global community.”

“Over the past 16 years, I’ve made more than 22,000 edits and created over 1,000 articles, with a strong focus on bridging content gaps in topics related to Iraqi culture, women’s biographies and underrepresented communities,” she states. “My goal has always been to make knowledge accessible, relevant and reflective of the diversity in our region.”

American Jewish groups told JNS that it would be very unfortun

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