Wael Ghonim: " We are dreamers and we made it happen"

[kpete]

Wael Ghonim: 'I'm proud to be Egyptian'
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'Parker Spitzer' staff

"Congratulations Egypt the criminal has left the palace," said one of the movement's key activists, Wael Ghonim, in a Twitter post, as demonstrations that began with quiet determination on the internet more than three weeks ago erupted into riotous jubilation Friday evening, moments after it was announced that Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was stepping aside.

"They convinced us for 30 years that Egypt had died, that there was no more Egypt," he said in an interview with CNN, referring to the nearly 30 years of autocratic rule under Mubarak. "We were all looking for Egypt and thank God we found her today."

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"My mission is over. I want to go back to see my kids. I want to go back to start working. I want to be a normal person and this is about the Egyptians. Those guys - I'm not worried about this country seeing all these people in the street right now.

We are dreamers and we made it happen and it's time now to celebrate for a couple of days and then go back and start thinking about how can we develop the strategy and what's the best for us."

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more:
http://parkerspitzer.blogs.cnn.com/2011/02/11/wael-ghonim-im-proud-to-be-egyptian/

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you can say I'm a dreamer, but I am not the only one...............
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_km0u64OLng

[CanSocDem]

1. Indeed!

And the JL was a poignant finish.

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[GeorgeGist]

2. In contrast, America has hopers ...

that someone else will make it happen.

[HughBeaumont]

5. Ouch . . .. stop being so . . . truthful.

[SoCalDem]

3. I know they are ecstatic, but it's kind of like getting a new car

It's shiny, pretty & smells great.

This was the down payment..now they have to make the payments & keep it from getting crashed into.. I wish them all the luck in the world and hope they end up in a good place:)

[BOG PERSON]

4. from Wael Ghonim's twitter:

Dear Western Governments, You've been silent for 30 years supporting the regime that was oppressing us. Please don't get involved now #Jan25

http://twitter.com/Ghonim/status/36060245948104704