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Past Event
JFK Jr Forum

A Conversation with Wael Ghonim

Open to the Public

Forum event with Wael Ghonim, Head of Marketing, Google Middle East & North Africa. Moderated by HKS Professor David Gergen.

Date: Time: - Location: Harvard Kennedy School - Institute of Politics, John F. Kennedy Jr. Forum
A Conversation with Wael Ghonim

About

Wael Ghonim is an Internet activist and computer engineer, Google’s Middle East and North Africa Marketing Manager. As "ElShaheeed," he started up an influential Facebook page that galvanized voices of protest in Egypt. In early 2011, he was detained by the Egyptian government for 11 days -- when freed after international pressure, he revealed his identity, and became a leading figure in the youth revolution that forced Hosni Mubarak from power.