- Mohamed Ibrahim Mostafa
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Mohamed Ibrahim Mostafa
محمد إبراهيم مصطفى
Born July 2, 1979
Alexandria, EgyptResidence London, United Kingdom Nationality Egyptian Ethnicity Egyptian Alma mater Ain Shams University (B.Eng.)
University of Nottingham (M.Sc.)Occupation Senior Consultant CIBER
Internet Activist
IT consultantEmployer CIBER Inc. Religion Muslim Children 2 Mohamed Ibrahim Mostafa (Arabic: محمد إبراهيم مصطفى , other transliterations include: Mohammad, Muhammad, Ibraheem, Mustafa, Mustapha) (born 2 July 1979 in Alexandria, Egypt) is an Egyptian Internet activist and IT consultant with an interest in political reform, human rights and social media. Mohamed Ibrahim ran the international arm of the "We are all Khaled Said" campaign. The campaign was in support of Khaled Said's case, a young Egyptian man who was killed by two Egyptian police officers in his home town Alexandria, Egypt. Khaled Said later became a symbol in the Egyptian revolution 2011. Mohamed Ibrahim focused his efforts on rallying international supporters and coordinating with activists worldwide to support Egyptians struggle for freedom, end of police brutality and dictatorship using his English Facebook page "We are all khaled Said" and the English Website of the campaign. Mohamed Ibrahim was part of the 25 January protests preparation (which later became the Egyptian revolution 2011) and was a focal point for spreading awareness to the international community and international media during the revolution and afterwards[1].
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Background
Mohamed Ibrahim was born on 2 July 1979 in Alexandria, Egypt and grew up in Cairo Egypt. His father was an Egyptian Army General and his mother is an accountant. At the age of 22, he moved to London, United Kingdom. He currently resides there.[2]
He earned a B.Eng. from Ain Shams University in 2001 and a M.Sc. in Software Engineering from the University of Nottingham in 2003.[3]
Career
Mohamed's career to date has included working as a senior consultant at a multinational consultancy and software development manager for a UK based software house.[4]
Involvement in the Egyptian Revolution of 2011
In 2010, Mohamed Ibrahim founded the English Facebook page "we are all Khaled Said" few days after the death of Khaled Said,the young Egyptian who was tortured to death by Egyptian police in Alexandria. Mohamed Ibrahim worked with Wael Ghonim, the founder of the Arabic Facebook page "We are all Khaled Said", and formed up the "We are all Khaled Said" movement with the two Facebook Arabic and English pages. The movement co-ordinated with other Egyptian Activists and called for the 25 January protests all over Egypt which later became Egyptian Revolution 2011[5]. He co-ordinated his work with other activists inside and outside Egypt and did interviews with international media about the revolution. He did interviews with the Morning Radio show, BBC Radio 5, Channel Four news, DW World[6] and several other international media outlets.
Mohamed was the anonymous admin of the widely followed English Facebook page "We are all Khaled Said". The page had more than 125 thousand followers in June 2011. Mohamed Ibrahim did not reveal his identity until months after the revolution. The anonymous admin covered the Egyptian revolution on his Facebook page with frequent posts, images and videos about events happening on the ground. At some points during the peak of the revolution, he posted new updates on the page every minute. History of the revolution on Facebook is a detailed article written by one of his page followers (only identified as Frenchman) and which describes the events and posts on the page during the revolution[7].
Prizes
- Best Social Activism Campaign [8] at the Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum 2011 and presented to him by Conny Czymoch[9].
References
- ^ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,6533458,00.html
- ^ http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/mohamed-ibrahim-mostafa/8/451/267
- ^ http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/mohamed-ibrahim-mostafa/8/451/267
- ^ http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/mohamed-ibrahim-mostafa/8/451/267
- ^ http://www.masrawy.com/news/midEast/dw/2011/June/22/6862667.aspx
- ^ http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/9799/0,,15176930,00.html
- ^ http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/02/17/946150/-History-of-the-Revolution-on-Facebook
- ^ http://thebobs.dw-world.de/en/jury-award-winners/
- ^ http://www.flickr.com/photos/deutschewelle/5853702762/in/photostream/
External links
Categories:- 1979 births
- Ain Shams University alumni
- Living people
- People of the 2011 Egyptian revolution
- Egyptian bloggers
- Egyptian democracy activists
- Egyptian human rights activists
- People from Cairo
- Internet activists
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