Google Executive Missing in Wake of Egypt Protests

[nalnn]

Source: WSJ

An executive for Google Inc. is missing in the wake of Egypt’s tumultuous protests, according to his brother. Wael Ghonim, whose LinkedIn profile says he is head of marketing for the Middle East and North Africa at Google, hasn’t been heard from since Friday at 6 p.m., his brother Hazem said. Hazem said the family is in touch with Google.

A Google spokesman said: “We care deeply about the safety of our employees.”

Wael Ghonim’s web postings suggest a deepening engagement with politics. His Facebook page lists opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei as a person he admires, along with Bill Gates, Warren Buffett and Steve Jobs. In mid-January he tweeted that he was traveling to Qatar to participate at an Internet freedom forum hosted by network Al Jazeera.

Later, he sent a tweet that said he was going to join the Egyptian protests despite “all the warnings I got from my relative and friends.”

Read more: http://blogs.wsj.com/dispatch/2011/01/31/google-executive-missing-in-wake-of-egypt-protests/

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Ironic. I hope he's alright.

[Joanne98]

1. Google exec's last tweet. "We all all ready to die"

Google exec Wael Ghonim traveled to Eygpt this month to support the protests.

He's since gone missing, according The Next Webs.

Friends are worried.

Thanks to the protests, hundreds of people are dead and thousands are missing in Egypt.

Ghonim's last tweet read: "Pray for #Egypt. Very worried as it seems that government is planning a war crime tomorrow against people. We are all ready to die #Jan25"



Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/01/31/businessinsider-google-exec-goes-missing-in-egypt-2011-1.DTL#ixzz1CeEEGAQ2

[dipsydoodle]

5. Looks like he kinda re-expressed.

the war cry Victory or death.

Hopefully he's ok.

Hasta la Victoria Siempre.

Thanks for posting.

[Catherina]

2. I hope he's ok too. He's one of my on the ground twitters

Last tweet was Thursday afternoon then he went silent

Pray for #Egypt. Very worried as it seems that government is planning a war crime tomorrow against people. We are all ready to die #Jan25 4:07 PM Jan 27th via Twitter for BlackBerry®

Here are his other tweets. Sounds like a great guy

# We want #Facebook #Twitter & SMS back. Blocking free speech is a crime. #Jan25 Thursday, January 27, 2011 3:48:36 PM via Twitter for BlackBerry®

# RHelmii RT @alaa: ♻ @kalimakhus: RT @Shokeir: فلنكثف الدعوات للبرادعي للذهاب للسويس وسيذهب ... وستصبح السويس هو نقطة التحول الكبرى #Jan25 @ElBaradei Thursday, January 27, 2011 11:59:40 AM via ÜberTwitter Retweeted by Ghonim and 10 others

# Someone retweeted an old tweet that was from 25th about 20,000 people on Tahrir. Guys I am not in Tahrir now, this was 25th of Jan. #Jan25 Thursday, January 27, 2011 8:28:07 AM via web

# @QALAWA @nmoawad @ielsakka @5orm Guys that tweet was on 25th :) #Jan25 Thursday, January 27, 2011 8:26:44 AM via web in reply to QALAWA

# إلى السيد العقيد عمر عفيفي والنبي تقعدلنا على جنب شوية #Egypt #Jan25 Thursday, January 27, 2011 1:27:01 AM via web

# HosniMobarak Habib just sent me a bbm. He says I should prepare a farewell speech for my citizens. Where are you guys going? #jan25 Wednesday, January 26, 2011 5:31:46 PM via web Retweeted by Ghonim and 100+ others

# الإنترنت هي هدية الله لشعب مصر #Egypt #Jan25 Thursday, January 27, 2011 12:03:51 AM via web

# عاجل: أرجو نشر الصورة دي في كل الموانئ والمطارات عشان حتى لو اتنكر نعرف نمسكه برضه http://twitpic.com/3tq61c #Jan25 Wednesday, January 26, 2011 8:16:57 PM via web

# Going to sleep now and dreaming of freedom :) #Jan25 Wednesday, January 26, 2011 8:06:26 PM via web

# Hey @Gladwell, #Jan25 proved you wrong. Revolution can be a #Facebook event that is liked, shared & tweeted. http://nyr.kr/bYKeLq Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:23:40 PM via web

# guardian Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook page hacked http://gu.com/p/2mk9c/at Wednesday, January 26, 2011 6:00:54 PM via CoTweet Retweeted by Ghonim and 84 others

# habibh Woman on the Train "What does your company do" Me "Arabic linguistic and search tech" Woman "Oh, is it AlJazeera" #fail Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:00:54 PM via Twitter for BlackBerry® Retweeted by Ghonim and 6 others

# I said 1year ago that Internet will change the political scene in #Egypt and some friends made fun of me :) #Jan25 Wednesday, January 26, 2011 6:30:56 PM via Twitter for BlackBerry®

# I tried to stay balanced on 10pm with Mona ElShazly but I couldn't its time to be biased towards the people's choice in Egypt. #Jan25 Wednesday, January 26, 2011 4:18:53 PM via web

# I'm on on 10pm now #Jan25 Wednesday, January 26, 2011 3:50:48 PM via web

# I'm going to be talking today to Mona ElShazly about #Jan25 and Internet censorship. Wednesday, January 26, 2011 12:26:51 PM via web

# DSL Internet is down where I am now. Any news about internet blockage? #Jan25 Wednesday, January 26, 2011 10:14:52 AM via Twitter for BlackBerry®

# To all Egyptians silence is a crime now! #Jan25 Wednesday, January 26, 2011 9:18:09 AM via web

# TamerAbdulAziz Release Tarek Akmal , AUC student arrested on his way to college. #Jan25 Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:40:21 AM via web Retweeted by Ghonim and 17 others

# A government that is scared from #Facebook and #Twitter should govern a city in Farmville but not a country like #Egypt #Jan25 Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:29:39 AM via web

# ManarMohsen From Khaled Said group: Mass protests are scheduled after Friday prayers all over Egypt. Please spread the word. #Jan25 #Egypt Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:23:40 AM via Snaptu Retweeted by Ghonim and 65 others

# The Egyptian government started to take really stupid actions that will result in nothing but encouraging more people to protest #Jan25 Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:19:14 AM via web

# Egypt is not like Tunisia, we are stable. But sorry for the disturbance we got to block #Twitter #Facebook and other sites due to #Jan25 Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:16:53 AM via web

# Facebook is being slowed down in Egypt. It seems that soon it will be blocked. #Jan25 Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:07:45 AM via web

# SohaBayoumi RT @Sarahcarr Al-Jazeera cameraman suffers rubber bullet injuries, taken to hospital #Egypt #Jan25 Tuesday, January 25, 2011 5:39:19 PM via web Retweeted by Ghonim and 11 others

# kanaafa RT @ahmednaguib: Protests entirely peaceful then, SUDDENLY, police started to attack us and threw tear gas bombs all over the square #Jan25 Tuesday, January 25, 2011 5:32:52 PM via ÜberTwitter Retweeted by Ghonim and 14 others

# salmaeldaly نداء الى اطباء مصر التوجه لاسعاف المتظاهرين المصابين بالرصاص الان بمركز هشام مبارك 1 شارع سوق التوفيقية #jan25 #Egypt Tuesday, January 25, 2011 5:33:51 PM via web Retweeted by Ghonim and 18 others

# Now in Tahrir situation is out of control. Prevented 2 angry guys from throwing a huge metal on police cars from top of the bridge! #Jan25 Tuesday, January 25, 2011 5:36:48 PM via Twitter for BlackBerry®

# @amkoraiem #jan25 #egypt #25jam that's funny :) Tuesday, January 25, 2011 4:54:09 PM via Twitter for BlackBerry® in reply to amkoraiem

# Heading to Tahrir square now. Sleeping on the streets of Cairo, trying to feel the pain of millions of my fellow Egyptians. #Jan25 Tuesday, January 25, 2011 4:46:51 PM via web

# Egypt after #Jan25 is no way going to be the same as Egypt before it. Today we proved so many points. Tuesday, January 25, 2011 4:45:14 PM via web

# They blocked #Twitter and lots of other sites. No network coverage in Tahrir square so that protesters can't communicate with people. #Jan25 Tuesday, January 25, 2011 4:34:42 PM via web

# Dear politicians trying to claim credit and ask for demands on behalf of us: FUCK OFF! #Jan25 is ours! Tuesday, January 25, 2011 4:16:23 PM via Twitter for BlackBerry®

# A guy from NDP on AlJazeera can't understand who are all those people at #Jan25 protest. My answer its the Internet generation in #Egypte Tuesday, January 25, 2011 4:10:57 PM via Twitter for BlackBerry®

# I'm from #Egypte. I was in the protest today and I want my right to be able to express my opinion on Twitter. Tuesday, January 25, 2011 3:24:50 PM via web

# Today, Egyptians were cleaning the streets in Tahrir. I've seen an amazing 30,000 who are responsible and true Egyptians. Proud #Jan25 Tuesday, January 25, 2011 3:21:58 PM via web

# I had bunch of conversations with so many police officers. Really I changed my perception about them. A lot of them are great people #Jan25 Tuesday, January 25, 2011 3:20:28 PM via web

# I'm fine, just back at home for few minutes before going back to the protest. Thanks for everyone who asked about it #Jan25 Tuesday, January 25, 2011 3:20:01 PM via web

# Come to Tahrir please #Jan25 Tuesday, January 25, 2011 8:59:14 AM via Twitter for BlackBerry®

# Thousands of people are marching to tahrir now we are more than 20,000 no police #JAN25 Tuesday, January 25, 2011 8:47:59 AM via Twitter for BlackBerry®

# Everyone come to Tahrir now we need you we are no less than 10,000 and no more police #JAN25 Tuesday, January 25, 2011 8:42:32 AM via Twitter for BlackBerry®

# In tahrir now thousands of people are here #Jan25 Tuesday, January 25, 2011 8:36:31 AM via Twitter for BlackBerry®

# We are heading to tahrir square now chanting bread, freedom and dignity #Jan25 Tuesday, January 25, 2011 8:30:43 AM via Twitter for BlackBerry®

# We just met Sheikh Qaradawi in downtown in his car and saluted him #Jan25 Tuesday, January 25, 2011 8:27:22 AM via Twitter for BlackBerry®

# Security police disappeared I feel that something is cooking we are heading to courniche #Jan25 Tuesday, January 25, 2011 8:09:06 AM via Twitter for BlackBerry®

# We are marching now in streets in downtown in hundreds after being beaten up by police and breaking siege #Jan25 Tuesday, January 25, 2011 7:59:04 AM via Twitter for BlackBerry®

# Director Amr Salama was brutally beaten up by a police officer who arrested him :( #Jan25 Tuesday, January 25, 2011 7:49:27 AM via Twitter for BlackBerry®

# We are now blocked in a Gas station #Jan25 http://twitpic.com/3ta0zk Tuesday, January 25, 2011 7:48:28 AM via Twitpic

# We got brutally beaten up by police people #Jan25 Tuesday, January 25, 2011 7:46:29 AM via Twitter for BlackBerry®

# We just broke Tuesday, January 25, 2011 7:45:11 AM via Twitter for BlackBerry®

# Protests are like watermelons and it seems I opened the wrong one #Frustrated #Jan25 Tuesday, January 25, 2011 7:08:50 AM via Twitter for BlackBerry®

# Hundreds are trying to break the police siege in Qasr Einy to go to Tahrir #Jan25 Tuesday, January 25, 2011 7:04:34 AM via Twitter for BlackBerry®

# We want to move from Dar elHekma where to go? #Jan25 Tuesday, January 25, 2011 6:25:46 AM via Twitter for BlackBerry®

# How many people in Muhandseen without rumors please #JAN25 Tuesday, January 25, 2011 6:21:24 AM via Twitter for BlackBerry®

# Everyone come to Dar ElHekma security police allow people to join us and we are few hundreds #Jan25 Tuesday, January 25, 2011 6:08:55 AM via Twitter for BlackBerry®

# More than 500 people infront of Dar Elhekma and police surrounding #JAN25 Tuesday, January 25, 2011 5:44:56 AM via Twitter for BlackBerry®

# I just passed by Mustafa Mahmoud square. It seems to me that they will let people protest. Don't believe the rumors. #Jan25 Tuesday, January 25, 2011 4:31:07 AM via Twitter for BlackBerry®

# I made my final decision. I'll attend #Jan25 Protest. Monday, January 24, 2011 2:27:52 PM via web

# Despite all the warnings I got from my relative and friends, I'll be there on #Jan25 protests. Anyone going to be in Gam'et Dewal protest? 2:13 PM Jan 24th via web

# حتى لما بنتكلم عن ظاهرة التهريج بنهرج برضه :) RT @mand0z التهريج قادم لا محالة. قطار التهريج غادر المحطة. 11:56 AM Jan 22nd via web

# نسبة متابعي اشتراكي في تويتر تزيد بشكل سريع كلما كتبت بشكل ساخر وبتقل بشكل كبير لما باكتب مساهمات جادة فللأسف واضح إن التهريج هو الحل 10:16 AM Jan 22nd via web

# If you want Egyptian tweeps to start committing suicide and follow the Tunisian trend, force them to follow Paulo Coelho. 10:09 AM Jan 22nd via web

# @mohamed @Moeed @ifikra Was a really nice meeting and I enjoyed the discussions and ideas. Thanks everyone. 7:03 AM Jan 22nd via web in reply to mohamed

# Just recovered from a very bad flu. Feeling much better today! 7:02 AM Jan 22nd via web

# @afahad Best description of those sessions: "Mental Masturbation" 6:54 AM Jan 22nd via web in reply to afahad

# gamaleid سامي بن غربية: تونس هي الدولة التي حجب يوتيوب ومواقع تقاسم الفيديو ، حتى قامت الثورة #aljazeeraforum 12:44 AM Jan 20th via web Retweeted by Ghonim

# Speaking about the power of Internet in AlJazeera forum. It will be live on JSC Mubasher. 12:11 AM Jan 20th via Twitter for BlackBerry®

http://twitter.com/ghonim

[Ghost Dog]

4. Thanks, Catherina.

Could just be communications breakdown.

[Catherina]

6. I sincerely hope so. n/t

[elleng]

3. May have gone underground deliberately.

AJ journalists on the ground not using their names.

[EFerrari]

10. That was because they have no licenses from Mubarak.

I assume using their names in that case could be evidence of an infraction or a crime.

[Ian David]

7. If only he'd used GoToMeeting.com n/t

[Catherina]

8. Tweet from another American at how they're greeted

A few demonstrators asking me where I'm from, when I told them the US they all shook my hand and said welcome.
about 7 hours ago via txt

http://twitter.com/justimage/status/32083248586690560

[Lars77]

11. nt pls delete

[Catherina]

9. The news is not so good. He was arrested. Picture

thirstypete RT @chrisalbon: Screenshot of missing Google Exec in #Egypt getting arrested: http://bit.ly/fsyYOy Video: http://bit.ly/fY4mhG #jan25
half a minute ago via ÜberTwitter

Video here, minute 1:04 http://vimeo.com/19255226


This is one of his google pictures



Stay safe Wael

[Lars77]

12. Do Google know about this? nt