# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/zouhair-yahyaoui
# Generated: 2026-08-15T15:38:26.447Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/zouhair-yahyaoui"
name: "Zouhair Yahyaoui"
slug: "zouhair-yahyaoui"
description: "Zouhair Yahyaoui was the first cyber-dissident to be pursued and condemned in Tunisia, a country that is often rated at the top of lists of Internet policing by independent third-party sources such as the OpenNet Initiative. He was the nephew of the judge Mokhtar Yahyaoui, who was also a vocal critic of the Tunisian regime and its lack of respect for judiciary processes. His cousin Amira Yahyaoui founded the NGO Al Bawsala."
tagline: "Tunisian cyber-dissident (1967-2005)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Zouhair_Yahyaoui.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1967-12-08"
deathDate: "2005-03-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           39.94
  momentum:             5.675675675675675
  historical:           5.671886666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zouhair_Yahyaoui"
    title: "Zouhair Yahyaoui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%8A"
    title: "زهير اليحياوي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B2%D9%87%D9%8A%D8%B1_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%AD%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%89"
    title: "زهير اليحياوى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zouhair_Yahyaoui"
    title: "Zouhair Yahyaoui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zouhair_Yahyaoui"
    title: "Zouhair Yahyaoui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zouhair_Yahyaoui"
    title: "Zouhair Yahyaoui"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q227040"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump