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

[Samuel Klein]

Sue: seconded; it's a riveting story, and Wael's perspective is quite good.

MARIA DE LOS ANGELES HERRERA GARCIA <meriaherrerag at live.com.mx> wrote:
>  POR FAVOR ESCRIBIR EN ESPAÑOL YA QUE NO COMPRENDO EL INGLES GRACIAS...

Maria: Wael Ghonim habla sobre la organización comunitaria y la
Wikipedia en el contexto de la revolución de Egipto. [1]

Bienvenido a foundation-l!  Esta es la lista internacional para
discutir el trabajo de la Fundación Wikimedia.  Usamos principalmente
inglés, pero usted puede escribir en español. Personalmente, me
gustaría ver más mensajes en español en la lista.  Tal vez podría
presentarse y sus intereses en Wikimedia :-)

La lista wikies-l es para discutir la Wikipedia española,
principalmente en español - como Casey escribió.

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(Muchos de nosotros, como yo, podemos traducir español --> inglés,
pero tenemos dificultades para escribir en él.)  Si desea seguir las
discusiones, puede obtener una traducción rápida[2] para selectar
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Cordialmente,
SJ

[1] véase p.e. http://www.sergiodaza.net/2011/03/wael-ghonim-el-poder-de-la-gente-es.html
[2] p.e.  http://translate.google.com/?hl=es#es|en

>> From: sgardner at wikimedia.org
>> Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 13:47:46 -0800
>> To: foundation-l at 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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