[Foundation-l] (OT) Wael Ghonim TED talk on the Egyptian Revolution

Fri Mar 4 22:45:32 UTC 2011

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> From: sgardner en wikimedia.org
> Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 13:47:46 -0800
> To: foundation-l en lists.wikimedia.org
> Subject: [Foundation-l] (OT) Wael Ghonim TED talk on the Egyptian Revolution
> 
> This is not 100% off-topic, since he talks about Wikipedia off the
> top. But it's worth watching regardless of that: it is a really
> lovely, inspiring talk.
> 
> http://www.ted.com/talks/wael_ghonim_inside_the_egyptian_revolution.html
> 
> Thanks,
> Sue
> 
> Some text from his Wikipedia article below:
> 
> In January 2011, Ghonim persuaded Google to allow him to return to
> Egypt, citing a "personal problem".[12] Ghonim had been running a
> Facebook fanpage about Mohamed ElBaradei, which was being used to
> promote democracy and organize protests in Cairo.[13] Ghonim
> disappeared on 27 January during the nationwide unrest in Egypt. His
> family told Al-Arabiya and other international media that he was
> missing. Google also issued a statement confirming the disappearance.
> Many bloggers like Chris DiBona and Habib Haddad campaigned in an
> attempt to identify his whereabouts.
> 
> On 5 February 2011, Mostafa Alnagar, a major Egyptian opposition
> figure[14], reported that Wael Ghonim was alive and detained by the
> authorities and to be released 'within hours'.[15] On 6 February 2011,
> Amnesty International demanded that the Egyptian authorities disclose
> where Ghonim was and to release him.[16]
> 
> Ghonim was released on 7 February, after 11 days in detention. Upon
> his release, he was greeted with cheers and applause when he stated:
> "We will not abandon our demand and that is the departure of the
> regime."[17]
> 
> The same day, Ghonim appeared on the Egyptian channel DreamTV on the
> 10:00 pm programme hosted by Mona El-Shazly. In the interview he
> praised the protesters and mourned the dead as the host read their
> names and showed their pictures, eventually rising, "overwhelmed," and
> walking off camera. The host followed.[18][19] In the interview, he
> also urged that they deserved attention more than he did, and calling
> for the end of the Mubarak regime, describing it again as 'rubbish'.
> He also asserted his allegiance to Egypt, saying that he would never
> move to the United States, the homeland of his wife.[20][21] Becoming
> a symbol of the revolution in Egypt,[22] Ghonim stated that he is
> "ready to die" for the cause.[23] "At the end ..., he gathered himself
> for a few seconds and tried to make the most of the platform
> [El-Shazly] had given him. 'I want to tell every mother and every
> father who lost a child, I am sorry, but this is not our mistake,' he
> said. 'I swear to God, it’s not our mistake. It’s the mistake of every
> one of those in power who doesn’t want to let go of it.'"[18]
> 
> On 9 February, Ghonim addressed the crowds in Tahrir Square, telling
> the protesters: "This is not the time for individuals, or parties, or
> movements. It's a time for all of us to say just one thing: Egypt
> above all."[24]
> 
> 
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