Wael
Ghonim has emerged as a leader of the Egyptian revolution. A
graduate of the American University in Cairo, he became a Google
executive based in Dubai, where he anonymously started a Facebook
group to honor Khaled Said, a young Egyptian blogger killed by the
Mubarak regime in June 2010. He regularly updated it as instances of
police brutality occurred, and it became the main Facebook page to
coordinate the protests in Tahrir Square and nationwide.
In
January 2011, Ghonim took a sabbatical from Google to return to
Egypt. Two days into the protests, he was secretly detained by
Mubarak's security forces. Assumed dead by some, activists demanded
to know what had happened to Ghonim. Released 12 days after his
arrest, he appeared on several news channels and revealed his
identity as creator of the Facebook group. His newfound celebrity
made him the figurehead of a largely leaderless movement.
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