Wael Ghonim

In London, Egypt's Wael Ghonim Criticises 'Western Double Standards'

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Wael Ghonim, Google, Arab Spring, Twitter, World, Egypt, Revolution, UK Tech, Muslims, Hosni Mubarak, Facebook, Syria, UK News
Faisal J. Abbas

Are Arabs better or worse off following the 2011 revolutions? Did the Arab Spring make the world a safer place and should the UK and USA accept the new democratically-elected governments of the Middle East if the people vote-in religious parties which may oppose Western interests?

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Tahrir Square: Whose Revolution?

Eunice Roque | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Wael Ghonim, Egypt, Arab Spring, Egypt Revolution, Arab Revolutions, Egypt Parliament, Nation Books, Marwan Bishara, Tahrir Square, Al Jazeera English, Atlantic Council, Egyptians, Mara Revkin, The Invisible Arab, Egyptsource, World News
Eunice Roque

Anyone rooting for Egyptians and the progress of their revolution was up against a nerve-racking week of news and analysis surrounding the one-year anniversary of the first coordinated protests at Tahrir Square.

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The Movers Of Egypt's Revolution

Posted 01.25.2012

Read More: Wael Ghonim, Egypt Revolution Anniversary, Video, Egypt January 25, Mohamed ElBaradei, Egypt Revolution, Egypt Anniversary, Egypt, Mona Eltahawy, Khaled Said, Egypt Tahrir Revolution, Ayman Nour, Egypt Tahrir, Tahrir, World News

Thousands of Egyptians gathered at Cairo's Tahrir Square on Wednesday to celebrate the first anniversary of the country's revolution. On January 25, 2...

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Best of TEDTalks 2011, #4: Inside the Egyptian Revolution

Wael Ghonim | Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Wael Ghonim, Egypt Protests, Social Media, Video, Twitter, tedtalks2011, Egypt Revolution, Egypt, #18ideas, Tedtalks, Technology News
Wael Ghonim

2011-12-21-waelwaetedted.jpgSomething Egyptians have proven to be true is that the power of the people is much stronger than the people in power.

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Wael Ghonim On The Egyptian Revolution

Posted 12.21.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, Wael Ghonim, Social Media, Video, tedtalks2011, Twitter, Egypt Revolution, #18ideas, Egypt, Tedtalks, Technology News

jQuery(function($) { $('#ad_sharebox_260x60').prepend(''); }); In this special year-end collaboration, TED and The Huffington Post are ex...

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Arab Revolution, Social Media Hype and Al Jazeera

Nehad Ismail | Posted 12.26.2011

Read More: Wael Ghonim, Mohamed Bouazizi, Arab Spring, Al Jazeera Arabic, Social Media, Media, Tawakul Karman, Youtube, Twitter, Nobel Peace Prize, Waddah Khanfar, Arab Revolution, Ben Mhenni, Muammar Gaddafi, Monastir, Media News
Nehad Ismail

The impact of the social media on the Arab Spring has been wildly exaggerated. A week or so ago we witnessed the world's first YouTube lynching of a u...

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What Happens When Millennials Come Together

David D. Burstein | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Oscar Morales, Social Impact, Summit, Globalization, Millennial Generation, Facebook, Conference, Wael Ghonim, Global, Cairo, David D. Burstein, Egypt, Colombia, Millennials, Generation, Farc, Technology, One Young World, College News
David D. Burstein

We're the first generation to spend all of our grown years in a world where connecting to people from all over the world, instantly and constantly, seems normal and natural.

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European Union Or Arab Spring For Nobel Peace Prize?

AP | By BJOERN H. AMLAND and KARL RITTER | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Lina Ben Mhenni, Nobel Laureate Preditions, Nobel Peace Prize 2011, Wael Ghonim, Arab Spring, Nobel Peace Prize 2011 Predictions, Nobel Laureate, Nobel Peace Prize Predictions, European Union, Nobel Peace Prize, Peace Prize Predictions, World News

By BJOERN H. AMLAND and KARL RITTER, Associated Press OSLO, Norway -- Arab Spring or European Union? Speculation ahead of the Nobel Peace Prize ann...

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Nobel Peace Prize For Arab Spring?

AP | KARL RITTER and BJOERN H. AMLAND | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Wael Ghonim, Nobel Peace Prize 2011, Nobel Peace Prize Wael Ghonim, Nobel Peace Prize Committee, Nobel Peace Prize, Arab Spring, Nobel Peace Prize Arab Spring, World News

OSLO, Norway — The Arab Spring is the focus of speculation over this year's Nobel Peace Prize, with an Afghan human rights activist and the Euro...

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'Generation Freedom': Singing The Song Of Liberation Across The Middle East (EXCERPT)

Bruce Feiler | Posted 08.27.2011

Read More: Middle East, Wael Ghonim, Egypt Protests, Middle East Protests, Arab Youth, Noor Aymin Nour, Egypt Revolution, Generation Freedom, Walking the Bible, Arab Spring, Revolution 2.0, Religion News
Bruce Feiler

As 2011 dawned, I watched with awe as wave after wave of hope-starved young people -- from Tunisia to Egypt to Libya to Syria -- took to the streets to reclaim their lives.

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At the Arab Media Forum, Another Revolution Took Place

Faisal J. Abbas | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Arab Media Forum, Arab Media, Media in Middle East, Egyptian Media, Egypt Media, AMF Egypt, Wael Ghonim, Sultan Alqassemi, Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Maryam Bin Fahad, World Economic Forum, Media News
Faisal J. Abbas

As the curtains came down marking the conclusion of the 10th annual Arab Media Forum (AMF) last week, it was quite evident that a new era has arrived and the AMF is embracing it with arms wide-open.

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Muslims Celebrate The Changing Mediascape

Mike Ghouse | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Muslims Mediascape, Wael Ghonim, American Pluralism, Time 100, Moderate Muslims, Interfaith Engagement, Interfaith Dialogue, Arab Spring, Islam in America, Religion News
Mike Ghouse

Since 9/11, a negative image of Muslims was successfully portrayed in the media. However, the year 2010 witnessed a dramatic shift in auto-correcting that error by un-stereotyping Muslims.

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The Muslim Brotherhood's New Facelift

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 07.10.2011

Read More: Wael Ghonim, Al Qaeda, Freedom & Justice Party, Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt, Tahrir Square, Justice & Development Party, National Council of Egypt, Israel, Hamas, Ayman Al-Zahariwi, Mohammed Morsy, World News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

The 83-year-old Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood is giving itself a 21st Century facelift just in time for the upcoming September parliamentary elections.

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Google Exec Kidnapped In Revolution Plans To Start Tech NGO In Egypt

Posted 06.25.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, Wael Ghonim, Google, Egypt Revolution, Egypt Social Media, Tech Ngo, Hosni Mubarak, Ngos, Facebook, Impact News

It’s been quite a year for Wael Ghonim, the Google marketing executive who became an icon for the Egyptian revolution: he was kidnapped by security ...

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TIME 100 Most Influential: See Which World Leaders Made The List

Posted 06.22.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, North Korea@Y:World, Michelle Obama, Time Magazine, Prince William, David Cameron, David Petraeus, Most Influential People, Barack Obama, Al Qaeda, Nicolas Sarkozy, Time 100, Wael Ghonim, Libya, Egypt, Kate Middleton, Royal Wedding, Slidepollajax, China, World News

The annual TIME 100 might be the only list that includes politicians and British royalty alongside human rights advocates and one of the most-feared t...

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TIME 100: See The Techies That Made The List

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Wael Ghonim, Time 100, Reed Hastings, Time, Time Magazine, Slidepollajax, Time 100 2011, Mark Zuckerberg, Julian Assange, Larry Page, Technology News

TIME magazine has published its annual list of the world's most influential people. Several members of the "TIME 100" are also responsible for som...

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A Middle East-Like Revolution in Cuba? Don't Hold Your Breath

Christopher Sabatini | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, Sanctions, U.S.-Cuba Policy, Cuba, Wael Ghonim, Libya, Hugo Chavez, Twitter, Fiber Optic Cables, Moammar Gadhafi, Velvet Revolution, Facebook, World News
Christopher Sabatini



Under current U.S. law, Cuba will never have a Wael Ghonim, the Google executive who has become a hero in Egypt for defending freedom of expression and communication among activists.

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Russian Official Blames Google Exec For Unrest In Egypt

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Russia, Google Egypt, Egypt, Wael Ghonim, Igor Sechin, Technology News

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, top ranking Russian official Igor Sechin, the country's deputy prime minister and "energy czar," pinpoin...

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From 9/11 To Jan. 25: America's Changing View Of Islam

Eboo Patel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Interfaith, Wael Ghonim, Egypt Protests, Muslims, Islam, Cairo, Egypt, Egypt Revolution, Muslim World, Muslim Youth, Religion News
Eboo Patel

The image that comes up in too many people's heads when they hear the term "Muslim" is planes flying into the World Trade Center. Eighteen days in Egypt changed all that.

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CEO Says Google 'Very Proud' Of Egyptian Exec Wael Ghonim

AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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BARCELONA, Spain — Abandoning an earlier policy of diplomatic restraint, the CEO of Google says the company is "very, very proud" of Egyptian em...

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Egypt Defies All

Adel Iskandar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wael Ghonim, Hosni Mubarak, Egypt Revolution, Egypt, World News
Adel Iskandar

The story of the Egyptian revolution is exceptional. This is a revolution that refuses to submit or conform to tradition and has resisted every kind of co-option or tarnishing.

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Blocking Facebook and Corporate Regime Change

David Meerman Scott | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Social Media, Facebook, Blocking Sites, Twitter, 60 Minutes, Egypt, Ceos, Wael Ghonim, Technology News
David Meerman Scott

When will companies that block employee access to social networks go through the same sort of revolution as Egypt? I think it will be soon.

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Could the Facebook Revolution Herald a New Middle East?

Heather Robinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt, Wael Ghonim, Mithal Al-Alusi, Human Rights, Facebook Revolution, Democracy, Facebook, Egyptian Revolution, Google, World News
Heather Robinson

It would take a jaded eye to fail to see the beauty of hundreds of thousands of Egyptian people standing up and, for the most part peacefully, demanding their freedom.

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Bill Clinton, a Civil Rights Legend and Egypt's New Media Revolution

Matt Semino | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wael Ghonim, Bill Clinton, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Egypt, Cnn, Christiane Amanpour, Anderson Cooper, Hosni Mubarak, Dan Rather, Andrew Young, Media News
Matt Semino

Political power, a poignant past and the powder keg present collided magnificently at the Paley Center for Media in New York City on the evening of Fe...

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Egypt's New Era

Ramy Nagy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Wael Ghonim, Egypt Protests, Business Stradegy, Twitter, Cairo, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Networking, Tahrir Square, Online Activism, Hosni Mubarak, Entrepreneurship, Facebook, Curfew, Blogging, Communication, World News
Ramy Nagy

There are so many projects in development right now in Egypt. The conversations here are now about building the country, investing in innovation and challenging the status quo.

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