He founded tahrir academy, a nonprofit online collaborative learning platform, aiming to transform young egyptians characters. Wael ghonim believes that the internet can be the most powerful platform for connecting humanity, if we can bring civility and thoughtful conversations back to it. In wael ghonim, egypts antimubarak street movement finally found a hero to rally around after a period of leaderless protest. Wael is a senior fellow at ash center for democratic governance at harvard university.
He is a cofounder of parlio, a new media platform for public conversations that rewards civility, which has been acquired by quora. It was the perfect book for a long flight fast paced, interesting, and timely. Houghton mifflin harcourt said on monday that it has secured the rights to ghonims book, which it said will tell the inside story of the egyptian revolution and the lessons of the arab spring. In his new book, ghonim explains how social media helped transform his. The goal is to create future leaders who are critical thinkers. A year after the tahrir square uprising, wael ghonim is the international superstar of the arab spring, with a big new book out this month celebrating the egyptian revolution he helped unleash. Houghton mifflin harcourt said monday that it has secured the rights to ghonim s book, which it said will tell the inside story of the egyptian revolution and. How wael ghonim became the symbol of the egyptian revolution.
He earned a bs in computer engineering from cairo university in 2004 and an mba, with receptacles in marketing and finance from the american university in cairo in. How wael ghonim sparked egypts uprising by mike giglio on 211 at 10. Wael ghonim is a computer engineer, an internet activist, and a social entrepreneur. Wael ghonim egyptian activist and computer engineer. Wael ghonim was born to a middleclass family on 23 january 1980 in cairo, egypt, and grew up in abha, saudi arabia, until he was years old. Its a book about social media for people who dont think they care about. Google executive, revolutionary, and author of revolution 2. Eqyptian wael ghonim gets book deal for revolution 2. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. The power of the people is greater than the people in power, the 31yearold egyptian details his role in the arab spring.
The power of the people is greater than the people in power. He is a cofounder with karim fateem and osman osman of, an online discussion group. Kennedy profile in courage award in the name of the people of egypt. Join facebook to connect with wael ghonim and others you may know. The power of the people is greater than the people. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A look inside the egyptian revolution chicago tribune. In one of the interviews made with him regarding this book, wael stated. We recently spoke with ghonim, who is in cairo, still hard at work.
If you are true egyptians, if you are heroic egyptians, its time. Wael ghonim, the egyptian activist hailed by many fellow protesters as a hero, had a message wednesday for his countrys leaders. Googles eric schmidt praises wael ghonim for egypt role. After being held in secret detention by egyptian security. Whether or not we can trace the remarkable turn of events in egypt solely to wael is in many ways immaterial. Discover book depositorys huge selection of wael ghonim books online. Wael ghonim talks revolution in egypt the boston globe. Google ceo eric schmidt says company is very proud of egypt. The pages following expanded quickly and moved from online protests to a nonconfrontational movement. Houghton mifflin harcourt said monday that it has secured the rights to ghonims book, which it said will tell the inside story of the egyptian revolution and.
The pages followers expanded quickly and moved from online protests to nonconfrontational public gatherings. Houghton mifflin harcourt has acquired revolution 2. On the 25th of january 2011, a call for people to protest against the egyptian government appeared on facebook. One year ago, wael ghonim spoke with reporters in cairos tahrir. The following month, he declared that he has signed a book deal named revolution 2. We are all khaled said was set up by one of the arab worlds leading internet gurus wael ghonim. Egypt protest hero wael ghonim to write book daily news. Wael ghonim, a 31 yearold egyptian, came onto the global scene during the january 25th revolution in egypt. On the plane over, i read wael ghonims excellent memoir revolution 2. Feb 09, 2011 wael ghonim, the egyptian activist hailed by many fellow protesters as a hero, had a message wednesday for his countrys leaders. Wael ghonim, the anonymous administrator of the we are all khaled said. Egypt uprising figure wael ghonim signs book deal bbc news. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Wael ghonim is an internet activist and computer engineer with an interest in social entrepreneurship.
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