Jamal Ibrahim has reportedly named his newborn daughter “Facebook” to honor the social networking site’s role in Egypt’s revolution.
The NY Daily News announced that the word “Facebook” is spray painted all over Cairo on graffiti and protest signs. The name “was seen as a beacon on free-flowing information” for many Egyptians. They fought for democracy and the end of Hosni Mubarak’s political rule, igniting a chain of events that affected countless other nations such as Tunisia and Bahrain.
The revolution commenced on January 25, lasting until Mubarak resigned on February 11. The government is now under interim military rule with Ahmed Shafik as Prime Minister.
Social media sites such as Youtube, Twitter, and Facebook have without a doubt served as technological conduits disseminating the truth about Middle Eastern governments. For the first time in years, social networking is giving people a voice that would otherwise have been silenced.
Many important and influential figures are using Facebook to broadcast their perspective on breaking news or private incidences that governments would rather be kept secret. For example, CNN asserts that Wael Ghonim, a Google executive who organized his own Facebook page, became a central figure of the Egyptian revolution.
Sources: NY Daily News; CNN
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i would have gone for naming her "Freedom" or "Liberty" or something like that. i understand why he named his baby Facebook, but I think its kind of cruel to name a kid that.
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