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3 unusual facts about Wael Ghonim


Mohamed Ibrahim Mostafa

Mohamed Ibrahim worked with Wael Ghonim, the founder of the Arabic Facebook page "We are all Khaled Said", and formed up the "We are all Khaled Said" movement with the two Facebook Arabic and English pages.

Wael Ghonim

Many bloggers like Chris DiBona and Habib Haddad campaigned in an attempt to identify his whereabouts.

Wael Ghonim attended the International Monetary Fund (IMF) meeting in 2011, stating that "I feel like Joe the Plumber," referring to the conservative activist who became a shorthand for populist outrage during the 2008 U.S. presidential election.


2011 Nobel Peace Prize

There were 241 nominations for the 2011 award, which included the European Union, WikiLeaks and individuals connected with the Arab Spring such as Israa Abdel Fattah and Wael Ghonim.


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