MS. BOTHAINA KAMEL

In Egypt, the Egyptian youth made a revolution through an event in Facebook. She discovered the power of Facebook in 2008, when a friend, a journalist was arrested.They didn't have any access to the traditional media. So she organised an event for journalist, and an event on Facebook. Many journalists came, even the youth.
She announced her presidential candidacy through Twitter. She began to Twitter before the revolution with 900 followers, now has 100,000 followers, the power of social media. They used the social media against the torture, All the traditional media closed their eyes against a young boy killed by the police. Only Facebook promoted it and the whole world knows about the case now.

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