Wael Ghonim
Wael Ghonim
Wael Ghonimis an Internet activist and computer engineer with an interest in social entrepreneurship...
NationalityEgyptian
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth23 December 1980
CountryEgypt
hero egypt names
Our revolution is like Wikipedia, okay? Everyone is contributing content, [but] you don't know the names of the people contributing the content. This is exactly what happened. Revolution 2.0 in Egypt was exactly the same. Everyone is contributing small pieces, bits and pieces. We drew this whole picture of a revolution. And no one is the hero in that picture.
hero streets
There are no heroes; we are all heroes on the street.
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The transition from dictatorship to democracy is always very difficult, and if you read a history of any country that went through this, it wasn't easy. And, you know, you don't end dictatorship one day and next day you have fully fledged democracy.
brought country interests last life patriotic
The last thing I would do to this country is to even put my personal interests about the country's interest. I have never done that in my life, and I will never do it because I, you know, I was brought up as a very patriotic Egyptian, and this is not just going to happen.
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I'm married to an American. I work for a company that is, you know, its headquarters in the U.S.