FULLY BOOKED Wael Ghonim in conversation with Ben Hammersley: Revolution 2.0

Named one of Time magazine’s top 100 most influential people, Wael Ghonim, is credited with having sparked Egypt’s revolution with a Facebook page he dedicated to a victim of the regime’s violence.

The ‘We are all Khaled Said’ Facebook page that he created after the young man’s brutal murder and torture by police in Alexandria became such a focal point of the uprising that Ghonim was imprisoned for 11 days.

The former Google executive will be talking to Ben Hammersley, Wired UK‘s, editor at large about the revolution and the role of technology in mobilising people to take to the streets. He will also be bringing us up to date with what’s been happening since the jubilant celebrations a year ago and his work since he left Google in April this year.

Wael Ghonim’s new book Revolution 2.0 is published by Fourth Estate on 17 January.