Revolution 2.0

The Power of the People Is Greater Than the People in Power, A Memoir

Wael Ghonim

• Editore: Mariner Books
• Anno: 2012
• ISBN:
  9780547774046
• Argomento: Social Sciences
• Categoria: Social Science Biographies

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

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...