Wael Ghonim

Wael Ghonim: Creating A 'Revolution 2.0' In Egypt

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:24:00 +0000

The protests that led to the Egyptian revolution last year were organized in part by an anonymous Facebook page administrator. When the police found out who he was, they arrested and interrogated him. After his release, Wael Ghonim became the public face of the Egyptian revolution.

In Revolution 2.0, Ghonim traces the planning that took place in the days before Jan. 25, 2011, when thousands of Egyptians gathered in Cairo's Tahrir Square in preparation for the uprising.

Egypt's Wael Ghonim: 'Revolutions Are Processes ... It Will Take Time'

Mark Memmott — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:45:00 +0000

It's been nearly a year since Google executive Wael Ghonim became one of the faces of the Arab Spring as his online organizing efforts and his arrest helped draw people and attention to the demands by many Egyptians for reform — a movement that led to the toppling of President Hosni Mubarak's regime.

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Wael Ghonim Tops 'Time' Magazine's Latest 100 Most Influential People List

Mark Memmott — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 14:10:00 +0000
He became for many the face of the protesters in Cairo back in February.
Now, Google executive Wael Ghonim is on the "2011 Time 100" — the magazine's latest list of the most influential people in the world.
Mohamed ElBaradei, a fellow Egyptian and former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, writes f

Wael Ghonim Has 'Galvanized' Protesters In Egypt

Mark Memmott — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:15:00 +0000
Reporters in Cairo say the number of protesters in Tahrir Square today is noticeably larger than in the past few days and that the anti-government turnout is among the biggest in the 15 days since the demonstrations began.
An Al-Jazeera correspondent says "that crowds are pouring in from all sides." ABC News' Terry Moran posted on his Twitter page that there's a: "Huge crowd in Cairo.