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Wael Ghonim (Arabic: وائل غنيم [ˈwæːʔel ɣoˈneːm]; born 23 December 1980) is an Internet activist and computer engineer with an interest in social entrepreneurship. [2] In 2011, he became an international figure and galvanized pro-democracy demonstrations in Egypt after his emotional interview [3] following 11 days of ...
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- 23 December 1980 (age 42), Cairo, Egypt
- JFK Profile in Courage Award (2011)
- Playing a prominent role in sparking the Egyptian Revolution of 2011
Wael Ghonim; Il Cairo, 23 dicembre 1980 è un attivista egiziano. Responsabile del settore marketing di Google per il Medio Oriente e l'Asia, nel 2011 è diventato una figura internazionale e ha animato le manifestazioni a favore della democrazia in Egitto dopo la sua emotiva intervista a seguito di 11 giorni di prigionia segreta da ...
25 feb 2011 · Wael Ghonim, Egyptian democracy activist and computer engineer who, having created a Facebook page to publicize the death of Khaled Said, was one of the organizers of a social media campaign that helped spur mass demonstrations in 2011 in Egypt, forcing Hosni Mubarak from power.
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Wael Ghonim is a computer engineer, an Internet activist, and a social entrepreneur. He is a co-founder of Parlio, a new media platform for public conversations that rewards civility, which has been acquired by Quora. Wael is a senior fellow at Ash Center for Democratic Governance at Harvard University.
9 feb 2011 · In Wael Ghonim, Egypt's anti-Mubarak street movement finally found a hero to rally around after a period of leaderless protest. The Egyptian-born Google marketing executive first played a role...
http://www.ted.com Wael Ghonim is the Google executive who helped jumpstart Egypt's democratic revolution ... with a Facebook page memorializing a victim of the regime's violence....
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As he reveals, once the revolution spilled onto the streets, it turned from hopeful to messy, then ugly and heartbreaking. And social media followed suit. What was once a place for crowdsourcing, engaging and sharing became a polarized battleground. Ghonim asks: What can we do about online behavior now?
