On the plane over, i read wael ghonims excellent memoir revolution 2. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that the. On the 25th of january 2011, a call for people to protest against the egyptian government appeared on facebook. On a visit to cairo this week, i was particularly excited to speak with people about the role of facebook and twitter in the revolution the culminated on january 25, 2011. Of course wael ghonim was not solely responsible for the uprising against.
The egyptian revolution of 2011, also known as the january 25 revolution arabic. We are all khaled said was set up by one of the arab worlds leading internet gurus wael ghonim. Wael ghonim, the anonymous administrator of the we are all khaled said. But in january 2011 wael decided he had seen too much oppression go unchallenged and started a facebook page calling for the people to protest. Wael ghonim is an internet activist and computer engineer with an interest in social.
Like many, he was silenced by the fear of reprisals. The power of the people is greater than the people. Its a book about social media for people who dont think they care about social media. Houghton mifflin harcourt has bought the rights to publish ghonims upcoming book revolution 2. He saw the road to tahrir square built not by any one person, but by the people. After he was released, he gave a tearful speech on national television, and the protests grew more intense. In his new book, ghonim explains how social media helped transform his country. What ghonims book makes clear, however, is that revolution begins with the. On the plane over, i read wael ghonim s excellent memoir revolution 2.
Ghonims book tells the authors personal journey after seeing the pictures of saids badly beaten corpse, when he decided that something had to. The power of the people is greater than the people in power. He wanted it to be a focal point for ordinary egyptians to. The date was set by various youth groups to coincide with the annual egyptian police holiday as a statement against increasing police brutality during the last few years of mubaraks presidency.
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