He saw the road to tahrir square built not by any one person, but by the people. On the plane over, i read wael ghonims excellent memoir revolution 2. 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. The power of the people is greater than the people. 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. Like many, he was silenced by the fear of reprisals. Houghton mifflin harcourt has bought the rights to publish ghonims upcoming book revolution 2. Of course wael ghonim was not solely responsible for the uprising against.
Ghonims book tells the authors personal journey after seeing the pictures of saids badly beaten corpse, when he decided that something had to. If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel that the. The egyptian revolution of 2011, also known as the january 25 revolution arabic. In his new book, ghonim explains how social media helped transform his country. Its a book about social media for people who dont think they care about social media. 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. The power of the people is greater than the people in power.
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