Egypt’s Turn? A Day in the Life of a Democracy Activist turned Entrepreneur

The Institute for Business in the Global Context Speaker Series presents:

Egypt’s Turn? A Day in the Life of a Democracy Activist turned Entrepreneur

*[ off the record ]*

with Wael Ghonim

Internet Activist & Author of “Revolution 2.0”

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Tuesday, February 3rd

12:30 PM

Cabot 205

The Fletcher School

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Business casual

Registration is required; committed sign-ups only please.

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For more information, contact Katherine Round (katherine.round@tufts.edu)

BACKGROUND
Wael Ghonim

Wael is a computer engineer, an Internet activist, and a social entrepreneur. He is the founder of Parlio, an online community of global members exchanging perspectives and engaging in discussions about issues that matter. Prior to that, he was an Entrepreneur in Residence at Google Ventures.

Wael spent 6 years at Google during which he used to head up Marketing and Product in the MENA region responsible of driving the growth of Google's products across the region and evangelizing the use of the Internet and growing the Arabic content in the region.

In 2011, Wael was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, was named one of Time 100's most influential and received JFK Profile in Courage Award. Coined the "keyboard freedom fighter," he used the power of the internet and social media to fight for social justice, democracy and human rights in Egypt.

He is the founder of "Tahrir Academy" NGO, an online knowledge sharing platform for Arab youth. Wael received his Bachelor's Degree in Computer Engineering from Cairo University and earned an MBA from the American University in Cairo.