[Foundation-l] Since Egypt has shutdown internet, should we too?

[aude]

Wael was also instrumental in organising the first openstreetmap  
mapping party in cairo in 2008

Glad he is safe and all wikimedians

Congrats,
Katie (@aude)

Ps- Sorry for top post

Sent from my iPhone

On Feb 11, 2011, at 6:07 PM, Mohamed Ibrahim  
<mido.architect at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Of course it's all over the news, Mubarak has stepped down
> and rebuilding Egypt has just started :)
> Wikimedians I'm a aware of is safe and were part of this great  
> revolution,
> and we all thank you for your support.
> Another note, on Wael Ghonim who was widely credited as one of the  
> main
> people who moved the protests in 25th Jan, he was also leading the  
> Health
> speaks initiative from Google - enriching Arabic Wikipedia medical  
> content-
> and was discussing over with the Wikimedians in Egypt the Wikipedia  
> 10th
> anniversary event in Cairo sponsored by Google in part just few  
> weeks before
> the revolution. I don't know yet the status of that but no matter  
> what I
> promise that we will work even harder on spreading free knowledge to  
> help
> building our country. and of course any help from the WMF will be most
> welcome.
> Again, I was never met with such solidarity from all over the world  
> before,
> it really meant a lot to us.
>
> Thank you all
> Mohamed [[user:Mido]]
>
>
> On 29 January 2011 23:18, Marc Riddell <michaeldavid86 at comcast.net>  
> wrote:
>
>>
>>> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 15:34, Ting Chen <wing.philopp at gmx.de>  
>>> wrote:
>>>> the Wikimedia movement is like a big family. Even though we  
>>>> sometimes
>>>> quarry with each other but especially in time like this we are  
>>>> all with
>>>> you. In the last days I often think back of the hospitality from  
>>>> all of
>>>> you to so many Wikimedians from all around the world back in  
>>>> Alexandria.
>>>> Read your line about following TV ans Twitter also reminds me of  
>>>> June
>>>> 1989 when I followed radio news hour after hour for every news  
>>>> through
>>>> sleepless nights. Back then, very alone, without the community that
>>>> gathered here.
>>
>> on 1/29/11 12:09 PM, Milos Rancic at millosh at gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> I have similar feelings...
>>>
>>> It is not the same when you are worried about people which you don't
>>> know personally; and people which you know. For the most of my life,
>>> the most of people which I know were living in Belgrade, but  
>>> Wikimedia
>>> movement has changed my perspective.
>>>
>>> For the first time I've realized that people which I know may be in
>>> problem after L'Aquila earthquake. Then, a number of other events
>>> followed: Iranian protests and present Egyptian protests, but also  
>>> big
>>> smoke in Moscow and recent Brisbane floods. Even financial crisis in
>>> Ireland makes me to think about my Wikimedian friend there. And
>>> whenever I hear about severe weather conditions somewhere in US, I  
>>> am
>>> thinking do I know anyone there. I mean, it is not the same to me to
>>> hear about protests in Tunisia, Jordan, Egypt or Iran. I know
>>> Wikimedians from Egypt and Iran.
>>>
>>> From one point, it is burdensome. I don't care just about my close
>>> surroundings, but about thousands of people all over the world. But
>>> from the other, it makes happy to know that I have friends all over
>>> the world and that we care for each other.
>>>
>>> But, I would like that we don't stop here. I would like to see
>>> Wikimedia movement (WMF, chapters, Wikimedians) to be able to give
>>> real help to Wikimedians -- but not just Wikimedians -- all over the
>>> world in such circumstances. It is not just about keeping  
>>> information
>>> free. Wikimedia movement has enough resources now to give some real
>>> help: it could be about organizing donations of laptops with  
>>> Wikipedia
>>> on itself with OLPC; it could be about food.
>>>
>>> Mido, please, keep us informed!
>>>
>> Ting and Milos, wonderfully said, and very warmly received. Thank  
>> you.
>>
>> Marc
>>
>>
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