Wael Ghonim

Not many people would have heard this name until about a fortnight ago and today he is known as the man who started the revolution - a responsible revolution, which forced Hosni Mubarak to step down in Egypt. This is perhaps the new form of revolution started by eppies (as i had written in my 22nd March 2009blog).

What is really impressive about this movement is that the history was being written, lead,chronicled(all simultaneously- we don't have to wait to read the next big book, its all there online) by unknown young men and women on the internet tweeting, blogging and posting on Facebook and countless Egyptian sites.

Oh! by the way Wael Ghonim is a Google marketing executive who started this movement on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/ElShaheeed) in Arabic (thanks to Google you can read the English translation in about 2 seconds).

Chinese are pretty smart they anticipated this kind of movement hence the tough controls on internet democracy.

I feel sad only that although i saw it coming (third country in my chronicles of the world where i was hoping change will happen was Egypt) i slept off.

Those who haven't please see the revolutionary internet video interview of Ghonim