AbdelRahman Mansour

AbdelRahman Mansour
عبد الرحمن منصور
Born

1987 (age 28–29)


Mansoura, Egypt

Residence Egypt
Nationality Egyptian
Alma mater Mansoura University (Bachelor of Arts, Journalism Dept.)
Occupation Visiting Scholar, College of Education
Years active 2009–present
Employer University of Illinois
Religion Muslim

AbdelRahman Mansour (Arabic: عبد الرحمن منصور‎‎; other transliterations include: AbdulRahman, Abdul Rahman, born 1987 in Mansoura, Egypt) is an Internet activist and journalist with an interest in political activism and broadcasting.

In 2011, he came up with the idea of galvanizing pro-democracy demonstrations in Egypt on 25 January, coinciding with National Police Day.[1] He could not announce this publicly, as he was on the cusp of his compulsory military service. As the anonymous Cairo-based administrator of the influential Facebook page "We are all Khaled Saeed", he helped initiate a call to protests that snowballed into the uprising against Hosni Mubarak.[2] Wael Ghonim, who was living abroad at the time, was the page's publicly known administrator.

Background

AbdelRahman was born to a middle-class family in 1987 in Mansoura, Egypt. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Broadcasting from Mansoura University in 2010.

Career

He graduated just before 25 January revolution, and traveled to the United States in late 2013 to continue his academic studies.

Involvement in the Egyptian Revolution of 2011

In 2010, Wael Ghonim and AbdelRahman founded the Facebook page, "We Are All Khaled Saeed," to commemorate the death of Khaled Saeed, a young Egyptian who was tortured to death by police in Alexandria in the same year. They utilized the page, with up to 3,000,000 followers, to mobilize for the anti-government protests of the 25 January revolution. On 14 January, AbdelRahman conducted a survey on the page to test the waters, asking members if they would follow in the foot steps of Tunisians and take to the streets on 25 January. In less than two hours enough enthusiasm had poured prompting AbdelRahman and Wael to publish an event entitled: 25 يناير ثورة على التعذيب والفساد والظلم والبطالة (January 25: Revolution against Torture, Corruption, Unemployment and Injustice). This first call to protests was soon picked up by many other activists. Both AbdelRahman and Wael collaborated anonymously with other activists on the ground to plan the locations for the protests.

The page was also influential in organizing innovative activities such as the Silent Stands and the Police Communication Campaign.[3][4]

In 2009, AbdelRahman began spreading his views on Egyptian politics and society on his blog. Soon after he began collaborating with Wael Ghonim to moderate and manage the online page of Mohamed Elbaradei, who had returned to Egypt the same year. After the tragic death of Khalid Saeed they started the Facebook page "We Are All Khaled Saeed".

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.jadaliyya.com/pages/index/9772/meet-abdelrahman-mansour-who-made-25-january-a-dat
  2. ↑ "Analysis: Arabs mired in messy transitions two years after heady uprisings". Reuters. 2013-02-14. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  3. ↑ "Google man Wael Ghonim emerges as the face of Egypt protests - International Business Times". Ibtimes.com. 2011-02-09. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
  4. ↑ "Wael Ghonim " AnarchitexT". Anarchitext.wordpress.com. 2011-03-27. Retrieved 2011-07-08.

External links

[https://twitter.com/

  1. !/Ghonim AbdelRahman Mansour] on Twitter
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