“The regime's policies, whether intentionally or unintentionally, had engendered a sharp divide between Muslims and Christians, in spite of the fact that generations of Muslims and Coptic Christians had lived together peacefully in the past. The regime was good at… — Wael Ghonim Copy Share
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… — Wael Ghonim Copy Share Image
Khaled Said was a young man just like me, and what happened to him could have happened to me, — Wael Ghonim Copy Share Image
“The regime's policies, whether intentionally or unintentionally, had engendered a sharp divide between Muslims and Christians, in spite of the fact that generations of Muslims and Coptic Christians had lived together peacefully in the past. The regime was good at utilizing this divide to create a perception that without Mubarak in power, Egyptians would break out into sectarian warfare. As… — Wael Ghonim Copy Share
“Mubarak was so paranoid that anyone he perceived as competent became a threat to him.” — Wael Ghonim Copy Share Image
“(State Security may not have been full of computer geniuses, but still, I had to be careful).” — Wael Ghonim Copy Share Image
“The Internet is not a virtual world inhabited by avatars. It is a means of communication that offers people in the physical world a… — Wael Ghonim Copy Share Image
“Huge numbers of people decided to take to the streets, some for no other reason than just to find out what was happening.” — Wael Ghonim Copy Share Image
“I stressed that I did not want to be treated like a hero. I was only one member of the revolutionary masses who had… — Wael Ghonim Copy Share Image
As an Egyptian, I was always frustrated, just like many young Egyptians, of the situation in the country. And to a large extent, we… — Wael Ghonim Copy Share Image