Baby Named “Facebook” Born in Egypt

A new father in Egypt decided to name her first child with the name ‘Facebook’. This was done because Facebook is considered instrumental in overthrowing the regime of Hosni Mubarak and the Egyptian revolution.

As a citizen of Egypt, Jamal Ibrahim is very grateful to the Facebook presence that is so instrumental in Hosni Mubarak’s government to open sores and spread all over the world quickly.

Therefore, Jamal insert ‘Facebook’ to name her newborn as the euphoria over the fall of Hosni Mubarak, after a reign of more than 30 years in the land of the Pyramids.

“I am very pleased with the role played by Facebook. Its presence can organize a protest in Tahrir Square and other cities in Egypt,” said Jamal Al-Ahram, one of the most popular newspaper in Egypt. Thus quoted VIVAnews from Dailymail, Monday, February 21, 2011.

Female baby was named Facebook Jamal Ibrahim. His birth was witnessed by family, friends, neighbors close to Jamal. Then, they continued euphoria over the Egyptian revolution through Facebook.

Just to note, Facebook has 5 million users in Egypt – a country with the largest number of Facebook users in the Middle East. That number skyrocketed over the last month as the revolution that occurred in Egypt.

On Facebook, there were reported 32 000 group (Facebook group) and 14,000 pages (Facebook page) are involved in the revolution of January 25, 2011. The military government also known starting to use Facebook to reach young people in Egypt.

Facebook meritorious service not only for Jamal. The proof, after the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak of seats, there is graffiti on the corner of the capital Cairo that read “Thank You Free ‘. I wonder who makes it.

“The Internet as a whole deservedly awarded Nobel peace prize this year. Its presence is essential for democracy in the Middle East region and North Africa,” said one Internet blogger who is reluctant to remain anonymous