5 Things to Know About Wael Ghonim, The Egyptian Volunteer Who Helped Bring Down a Regime
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If you don’t know Wael Ghonim’s name and face, you at least know his impact.
In January of this year, the Dubai-based computer programmer and marketing executive asked his employer of two years, Google, for personal leave to return to his native Egypt. There were protests underway there, and much of the activity was being organized and communicated from a Facebook page Ghonim had set up about opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei.
What happened next has become volunteering history.
On January 27, as protests against corruption and brutality reached a new climax, Ghonim was snatched by police and taken into custody. While his family reported he was missing, Google issued a statement confirming his disappearance. Word reached other bloggers who spread the news. With casualties mounting, everyone feared the worst.
Eleven days later, following huge outcry from international organizations, Ghonim was released from prison, where he was interrogated for his role in the uprising. But if the authorities thought Ghonim would be quietly grateful they were wrong. Upon his release he told a fearful but hopeful crowd: “We will not abandon our demand and that is the departure of the regime.”
continue reading Wael Ghonim's story: http://blogs.volunteermatch.org/engagingvolunteers/2011/03/02/5-things-to-know-a...
In January of this year, the Dubai-based computer programmer and marketing executive asked his employer of two years, Google, for personal leave to return to his native Egypt. There were protests underway there, and much of the activity was being organized and communicated from a Facebook page Ghonim had set up about opposition leader Mohamed ElBaradei.
What happened next has become volunteering history.
On January 27, as protests against corruption and brutality reached a new climax, Ghonim was snatched by police and taken into custody. While his family reported he was missing, Google issued a statement confirming his disappearance. Word reached other bloggers who spread the news. With casualties mounting, everyone feared the worst.
Eleven days later, following huge outcry from international organizations, Ghonim was released from prison, where he was interrogated for his role in the uprising. But if the authorities thought Ghonim would be quietly grateful they were wrong. Upon his release he told a fearful but hopeful crowd: “We will not abandon our demand and that is the departure of the regime.”
continue reading Wael Ghonim's story: http://blogs.volunteermatch.org/engagingvolunteers/2011/03/02/5-things-to-know-a...
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