Wael Ghonim, poster boy for Egypt's Arab Spring, proves uprisings too can be 'liked, shared & tweeted'.
The accidental facilitator of the anti-Mubarak movement, Wael Ghonim, had a life many aspire to in Egypt. He was overseeing Google's marketing for the entire Middle East division, was married with an eight-year-old daughter, and had a villa in Dubai.
His world changed in June 2010, with a post on his Facebook wall. It was the photograph of the dead body of a young Egyptian businessman-turned-activist, Khaled Said, who died in police custody. The photo caused a rupture in the apolitical life of this prosperous, introverted computer engineer and what he thought about his homeland. It was thus that Ghonim set up a Facebook page, We are all Khaled Said, which became a rallying point for the campaign against police brutality.
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