Egyptain Exec Says Social Networking is Key to Political Activism

You can't keep a dictatorship alive in the highly connected 21st century," Google Executive Wael Ghonim said after receiving the John F. Kennedy Library’s “Profiles in Courage” award on behalf of the Egyptian people. The Egyptian people stood up in January and February to help bring down President Hosni Mubarak regime.

“You can’t keep a dictatorship alive in the highly connected 21st century,” Google Executive Wael Ghonim said after receiving the John F. Kennedy Library’s “Profiles in Courage” award on behalf of the Egyptian people. The Egyptian people stood up in January and February to help bring down President Hosni Mubarak regime.

The award honors slain President John F. Kennedy, whose 1957 Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same title profiled U.S. senators who worked across party lines on unpopular issues.

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