Wael was also instrumental in organising the first openstreetmap mapping party in cairo in 2008
Glad he is safe and all wikimedians Congrats, Katie (@aude) Ps- Sorry for top post Sent from my iPhone On Feb 11, 2011, at 6:07 PM, Mohamed Ibrahim <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > Of course it's all over the news, Mubarak has stepped down > and rebuilding Egypt has just started :) > Wikimedians I'm a aware of is safe and were part of this great > revolution, > and we all thank you for your support. > Another note, on Wael Ghonim who was widely credited as one of the > main > people who moved the protests in 25th Jan, he was also leading the > Health > speaks initiative from Google - enriching Arabic Wikipedia medical > content- > and was discussing over with the Wikimedians in Egypt the Wikipedia > 10th > anniversary event in Cairo sponsored by Google in part just few > weeks before > the revolution. I don't know yet the status of that but no matter > what I > promise that we will work even harder on spreading free knowledge to > help > building our country. and of course any help from the WMF will be most > welcome. > Again, I was never met with such solidarity from all over the world > before, > it really meant a lot to us. > > Thank you all > Mohamed [[user:Mido]] > > > On 29 January 2011 23:18, Marc Riddell <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >>> On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 15:34, Ting Chen <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> the Wikimedia movement is like a big family. Even though we >>>> sometimes >>>> quarry with each other but especially in time like this we are >>>> all with >>>> you. In the last days I often think back of the hospitality from >>>> all of >>>> you to so many Wikimedians from all around the world back in >>>> Alexandria. >>>> Read your line about following TV ans Twitter also reminds me of >>>> June >>>> 1989 when I followed radio news hour after hour for every news >>>> through >>>> sleepless nights. Back then, very alone, without the community that >>>> gathered here. >> >> on 1/29/11 12:09 PM, Milos Rancic at [email protected] wrote: >> >>> I have similar feelings... >>> >>> It is not the same when you are worried about people which you don't >>> know personally; and people which you know. For the most of my life, >>> the most of people which I know were living in Belgrade, but >>> Wikimedia >>> movement has changed my perspective. >>> >>> For the first time I've realized that people which I know may be in >>> problem after L'Aquila earthquake. Then, a number of other events >>> followed: Iranian protests and present Egyptian protests, but also >>> big >>> smoke in Moscow and recent Brisbane floods. Even financial crisis in >>> Ireland makes me to think about my Wikimedian friend there. And >>> whenever I hear about severe weather conditions somewhere in US, I >>> am >>> thinking do I know anyone there. I mean, it is not the same to me to >>> hear about protests in Tunisia, Jordan, Egypt or Iran. I know >>> Wikimedians from Egypt and Iran. >>> >>> From one point, it is burdensome. I don't care just about my close >>> surroundings, but about thousands of people all over the world. But >>> from the other, it makes happy to know that I have friends all over >>> the world and that we care for each other. >>> >>> But, I would like that we don't stop here. I would like to see >>> Wikimedia movement (WMF, chapters, Wikimedians) to be able to give >>> real help to Wikimedians -- but not just Wikimedians -- all over the >>> world in such circumstances. It is not just about keeping >>> information >>> free. Wikimedia movement has enough resources now to give some real >>> help: it could be about organizing donations of laptops with >>> Wikipedia >>> on itself with OLPC; it could be about food. >>> >>> Mido, please, keep us informed! >>> >> Ting and Milos, wonderfully said, and very warmly received. Thank >> you. >> >> Marc >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> foundation-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/ >> foundation-l >> > > > > -- > - Arabic Wikipedia: http://ar.wikipedia.org/ "Share your knowledge" > _______________________________________________ > foundation-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
