By Aswat Masriya Egypt’s administrative court Sunday set a January 17 verdict date for a law suit demanding that activist Wael Ghonim be stripped of his Egyptian nationality on accusations of being an agent. Ghonim found himself in the limelight in February 2011 after it emerged that he was the administrator of a Facebook page that called for protests on January 25, 2011 which sparked 18 days of protest in what later came to be known as the 2011 uprising. The protests led to the ouster of then-president Hosni Mubarak, plunging Egypt into years of political turmoil. The tech-savvy activist, a computer engineer who worked for Google at the time of the uprising, was initially hailed as a hero by many in Egypt especially after making an emotional appearance on private channel Dream. Ghonim was among many arrested by the police during the deadly violence that erupted nationwide on the first days of the uprising and his television appearance came right after he was released after following 12 days in custody. The visibly distressed Ghonim broke down in the interview and at one point said, “I am not a hero … the…
Egypt Court to Rule on Wael Ghonim’s Nationality Suit in January
November 15, 2015
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