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Tue, Feb 7, 2012 -- 9:00 AM
'Revolution 2.0'
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A shop in Tahrir Square spray painted with "Twitter" after the government shut off Internet access on February 4, 2011 in Cairo.
Internet activist and Google marketing executive Wael Ghonim was thrust into the international spotlight last year as his Facebook page helped spark the Egyptian uprising. He joins us to talk about his new book "Revolution 2.0," and about recent political developments in Egypt.
Host: Michael Krasny
Guests:
- Wael Ghonim, Internet activist, head of marketing for Google for the Middle East and North Africa and author of "Revolution 2.0: The Power of the People is Greater Than the People in Power"
- Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, foreign correspondent for NPR most recently based in Cairo
More info:
- About the book "Revolution 2.0" : at IndieBound.org
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