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Revolution 2.0 Paperback – 19 Jan 2012

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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Fourth Estate (19 Jan. 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0007454368
  • ISBN-13: 978-0007454365
  • Product Dimensions: 15.3 x 2.7 x 23.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 644,262 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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‘Witty inversions, such as the subtitle to this book [“the power of the people is greater than the people in power”], encapsulate a philosophy… This is the personal story of the power of the individual harnessed to the power of crowds.’ The Times

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A gripping chronicle of how a fear-frozen society finally topples its oppressors with the help of social media. San Francisco Chronicle
Wael Ghonim was a little-known, thirty-year-old Google executive in the summer of 2010 when he anonymously launched a Facebook page to protest the death of one 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 Revolution 2.0, we can all be heroes.
Revolution 2.0 is an engaging read, and it offers a sharply detailed look from the inside of an uprising that owed almost as much to social media connections as it did to anti-Mubarak passions. Los Angeles Times
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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5.0 out of 5 starsRiveting!
By Guest Reviewer on 13 April 2012
Format: Paperback
I started reading Revolution 2.0 at 9:30 with my morning coffee. Finished it around 4. I had essays to write and stuff to do but that all went out of the window in face of Ghonim's deeply emotional and engaging account of the Egyptian Revolution. That's pretty important; alot of people seem dissapointed to find out this book isn't a massive historical overview of the revolution but just one man's account of what he saw and the (momentous) part he played in its inception. Infact the most "dramatic" events of the revolution, in Tahrir square between the 28th of janurary onwards, are very sparsely covered because Wael was in prison at the time and saw none of it with his own eyes. It's also important to note even now that the revolution is far from being really over and the book reflects that.

Still, its an extremely inspirational account of how one man with a will and a computer leveraged his knowledge and experience to change his corner of the world. The revolution would have happened with or without Ghonim but it would probably have been an extremely different one if he wasn't involved.
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5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent personal account of the Egyptian revolution
By iZappa on 22 Feb. 2012
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A fascinating story told by a man who helped initiate the first protests of the Egyptian revolution. Wael Ghonim tells his story of how he started the "Kullina Khalid Sa'id" Facebook page witch were able to mobilize young Egyptians to take a stand against police brutality, corruption and injustice. The marketing director of Google in the Middle East vividly explains how he and fellow egyptians were able to bring together a generation of young egyptians and unite their grievances in a peaceful way against the regime of former president Husni Mubarak. He gives the readers a glimse insede the Egyptian State Security prisons where he were held for eleven days after being arrested on the 25th of January. And thereafter, how he emerged as a symbol (against his intentions) for the revolution after his release.

This book is not a complete history of the revolution as it unfolded day by day, but the personal experiences of the author who helped organize the first huge anti-regime demonstration on January 25th 2011. Although such a book will clearly be biased, this does not lessen its value as the author clearly states his personal views and motivation.

An inspiring book that highlights an important aspect of the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions; the Facebook activism.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAwesome
By Mostafa A. Hamouda on 24 Feb. 2012
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The story of a great revolution by one of the revolution leader who inspired millions o Egyptians and people around the world. In addition to that the whole profit is going to charity.
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5.0 out of 5 starsWhy aren't more people raving about this book?
By Tom Doyle on 16 Aug. 2012
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A revolution of a country with a population of more than 80 million largely orchestrated by a 29-year-old computer whizz kid from Cairo whose brilliant and moving (and peace-loving) Facbeook "posts" stir the people into action... he finds himself locked up by the security police (blindfolded and handcuffed for 11 days)... but the revolution has already begun...

What a gripping story. Of course Wael Ghonim was not solely responsible for the uprising against Mubarak, but his extremely clever "We are all Khaled Said" page - which used participatory internet techniques such as opinion polls and asking for photos and ideas from its users - helped galvanise the youth of Egypt and encourage them to take to the streets. The revolution, if there was to be one, needed a tipping point, and I think history will record that Wael Ghonim provided at least a very important part of that.

The brutal death of Khaled Said at the hands police thugs in Alexandria ultimately led to big global change... especially when you look at the context of Egypt as being the traditional leader of the Arab world. And Ghonim, with others who worked alongside him (though he was clearly the driving force,) was key to making that happen.

Ghonim, who worked for Google and has a wife and two children, explains the painful personal side to his attachment to a computer screen - his wife in particular is not happy. But he is driven onwards. He is incredibly brave when talking back to the security police and then to figures within Mubarak's regime (who are desperate to have him 'on side' to quell the uprising after the January 25, 2011, street protests).

More than anything though, Ghonim displays a measured approach to his Facebook campaign - with very few histrionics or rants.Read more ›
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