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Revolution 2.0
The Power of the People Is Greater Than the People in Power, A Memoir
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About this book
The former Google executive and political activist tells the story of the Egyptian revolution he helped ignite through the power of social media.
In the summer of 2010, thirty-year-old Google executive Wael Ghonim anonymously launched a Facebook page to protest the death of an Egyptian man at the hands of security forces. The page's following expanded quickly and moved from online protests to a nonconfrontational movement. On January 25, 2011, Tahrir Square resounded with calls for change. Yet just as the revolution began in earnest, Ghonim was captured and held for twelve days of brutal interrogation.
After he was released, he gave a tearful speech on national television, and the protests grew more intense. Four days later, the president of Egypt was gone. In this riveting story, Ghonim takes us inside the movement and shares the keys to unleashing the power of crowds in the age of social networking.
"A gripping chronicle of how a fear-frozen society finally topples its oppressors with the help of social media." — San Francisco Chronicle
" Revolution 2.0 excels in chronicling the roiling tension in the months before the uprising, the careful organization required and the momentum it unleashed." —NPR.org
In the summer of 2010, thirty-year-old Google executive Wael Ghonim anonymously launched a Facebook page to protest the death of an Egyptian man at the hands of security forces. The page's following expanded quickly and moved from online protests to a nonconfrontational movement. On January 25, 2011, Tahrir Square resounded with calls for change. Yet just as the revolution began in earnest, Ghonim was captured and held for twelve days of brutal interrogation.
After he was released, he gave a tearful speech on national television, and the protests grew more intense. Four days later, the president of Egypt was gone. In this riveting story, Ghonim takes us inside the movement and shares the keys to unleashing the power of crowds in the age of social networking.
"A gripping chronicle of how a fear-frozen society finally topples its oppressors with the help of social media." — San Francisco Chronicle
" Revolution 2.0 excels in chronicling the roiling tension in the months before the uprising, the careful organization required and the momentum it unleashed." —NPR.org
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Index
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
A
Abbas, Wael, 63–64
“Abbas and the Administrator,” 95–97
Abdel Azim, Hazem, 47–48, 52, 53, 242
AbdulRahman, Hassan, 271–73, 278
Abol Fotouh, Abdul Moneim, 177
Activists. See also Internet activists
demand for revolution from, 155
dossiers of, 2
and Friday of Anger, 195
and Jan25, 139, 144, 145, 149–50, 156–58
march on Said’s home by, 103–5
“My Name Is Khaled Mohamed Said” admins as, 111–13
post–Day of Anger demands of, 226
in the search for Ghonim, 242–43
in Silent Stands, 74, 79
at trial of Said murderers, 109
Adly, Habib el-, 104, 123, 216, 251
Ahmed (teaching assistant), 14
Al-Ahram (newspaper), 3, 191
Al-Akhbar (newspaper), 3
Al Arabiya, 283, 287–89
Al-Dustour (newspaper), 85
Al-Ghad (“Tomorrow”) Party, 35
Al-Gomhouriya (newspaper), 3, 64–65
Ali, Mohamed, 29, 136
Al Jazeera TV, 37–38, 226, 242
Al-Karama Party, 36, 44
Al-Mahalla Textiles, 35–36
Al-Qiddisayn Church bombing, 125–29
Al-Shorouk (newspaper), 41, 65, 129, 219
Al-Wafd Party, 35, 117, 120
Al-Wasat Party, 36, 44
Amanpour, Christiane, 267, 268
American University in Cairo (AUC), 20–22, 32
Amnesty International, 109–10
Anonymity, 13–15
author’s loss of, 266
and ElBaradei campaign, 53
of Facebook, 74
on “Kullena Khaled Said” page, 60, 62, 64, 67, 82, 91, 175
mistaken loss of, 115–16
and post-Jan25 arrests, 193
of State Security personnel, 1, 245
and use of Tor proxy, 103
April 6 Youth Movement, 37, 44, 50
Commander Ibrahim Mosque protest, 93
and Jan25, 139, 141
origin of, 36
Police Day “celebration” by, 121
protest for Khaled Said’s murder, 63
Arabic, classical, 61
Arab Spring, 85–86
Armed forces, 215–16, 227, 283. See also Egyptian army
Arrivals watch list, 4, 163
Assad, Bashar al-, 31
AUC (American University in Cairo), 20–22, 32
Awad, Marwa, 68, 7...
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Contents
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Frontispiece
- Prologue
- A Regime of Fear
- Searching for a Savior
- “Kullena Khaled Said”
- Online and on the Streets
- A Preannounced Revolution
- January 25, 2011
- My Name Is 41
- The Dungeon
- A Pharaoh Falls
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- About the Author