Revolution 2.0
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- 159,00 kr
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- 159,00 kr
Utgivarens beskrivning
En våg av folkligt uppror svepte våren 2011 över Mellanöstern. Några av de mest repressiva diktaturerna i världen störtades, i Tunisien, Yemen och Egypten. Gemensamt för upproren var att de växte fram ur ett folkligt missnöje och möjliggjordes av att tiotusentals människor riskerade sina liv för att få till en förändring.
Miljontals människor över hela världen följde dramatiken på Twitter och Facebook. I Revolution 2.0 beskriver Wael Ghonim Egyptens demokratiska revolution, hur det gick till bakom kulisserna när vanliga egyptier visade att "folkets makt är starkare än maktens folk".
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Ghonim's name made headlines in early 2011 when, during the Egyptian revolution, the 30-year-old Google executive was abducted by Egypt's State Security and detained for eleven days. Ghonim's role in the revolution began well before that. Ghonim narrates his own story in this clear, matter-of-fact book, beginning with his days as an idealistic young man most comfortable online. Even after he marries, finishes graduate school, and is hired by Google, Ghonim retains a youthful romantic passion for social change; he explains that after seeing the movie V for Vendetta, he had "fallen in love with the idea of the mysterious warrior fighting against evil." This is exactly the role Ghonim takes when he begins agitating for change in Egypt anonymously, but online. The engagement of the online community gives him confidence (the Facebook page he creates in honor of a young Egyptian killed by the police quickly gains 300,000 users), and recognizing "the possible connection between the virtual world and physical reality," Ghonim begins organizing protests. The movement soon takes on a life of its own. Then, in the midst of Egypt's youth uprising, Ghonim is arrested and held in secrecy. This is a bold, moving story of the interconnectedness of the modern world, and the hope, courage, and fearlessness it takes to start a revolution.
