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Egyptian man names newborn Facebook Jamal Ibrahim
by Jaspreet Virk - February 21, 2011 - comments
After Mubarak got ousted, hundreds took to the social networking site, expressing their excitement.
Many might have expressed their gratitude to Facebook, but nothing like this! A man in Egypt has named his newborn daughter Facebook.
An article published in Egyptian paper Al-Ahram states that Jamal Ibrahim has named his firstborn after the social networking site for the important role Facebook played in organizing the protest, which eventually ended nearly 30-year-rule of President Muhammad Hosni Sayyid Mubarak.
The Egyptian newspaper translated by TechCrunch read, “A young man in his twenties wanted to express his gratitude about the victories the youth of 25th of January have achieved and chose to express it in the form of naming his firstborn girl “Facebook” Jamal Ibrahim (his name.)”
It added, ““Facebook” received many gifts from the youth who were overjoyed by her arrival and the new name. A name [Facebook] that shocked the entire world.”
Egypt uprising and Facebook
Though other forms of media like Twitter, YouTube, and direct text messages played a valuable role in the success of uprising in Egypt, Facebook has been symbolic of all forms of social media.
Google’s Middle East and North Africa Marketing Manager Wael Ghonim, one of the protesters at Tahrir Square, thanked Facebook's founder for site's role in helping the country achieve freedom.
During the protest against Mubarak's authoritarian in Tahrir Square, the citizens were seen holding posters reading, “I Love Facebook,” and “Thank You Facebook.”
Further, the users created 2,000 groups and 14,000 pages since the Jan. 25 protest.
After Mubarak got ousted, hundreds took to the social networking site, expressing their excitement.
Facebook appreciated, popularity soars
The newborn Ibrahim's family is not the only one that has expressed continuing support for the social networking site.
In fact, Google’s Middle East and North Africa Marketing Manager Wael Ghonim, one of the protesters at Tahrir Square, thanked Facebook's founder for Facebook's role in helping the country achieve freedom.
Ghonim was quoted by CNN News as saying, “This revolution started . . . in June 2010 when hundreds of thousands of Egyptians started collaborating content.
“We would post a video on Facebook that would be shared by 60,000 people on their walls within a few hours”
Also, since the Egypt revolution, Facebook has seen an increase in the number of users, which have grown to over 5 million over the past one month.
Out of the Egypt's 79 million citizen's, 5 million are members of Facebook. Even the Egyptian army that is running the country since Mubarak resigned has joined the social networking giant.