Hear from the Girl who Started the #Jan25 Hashtag

The #Jan25 hashtag was one of the most-used tags on Twitter to talk about the protests in Egypt. Since January 25th, the first day of protests, Twitter users in Egypt and around the world were adding the hashtag to their tweets to show solidarity and to join in one of the most momentous political conversations of their time. The hope 140 blog, an official Twitter blog about good social movements occurring on Twitter, was able to talk with the young girl who was the first to use #Jan25 about the power of a hashtag.

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