Egyptian man names daughter "Facebook" to mark revolt

[Constancio Rodrigues]

An Egyptian man has named his new daughter Facebook to mark his
country's recent revolution.

Jamal Ibrahim, who is in his 20s, named his daughter after the social
networking site because he was so happy with the role played by the
site in organising protests in Egyptian cities, Daily Mail reported
Sunday citing the Al-Ahram newspaper.

The girl's full name is Facebook Jamal Ibrahim and her family and
their friends and neighbrous are reported to have gathered around the
newborn, expressing their continued support for the revolution they
say started on Facebook.

In Egypt there are five million Facebook users - more than any other
country in the Middle East and that number rocketed over the last
month as the revolution got underway, according to the Mail.


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There were 32,000 groups and 14,000 pages created after the Jan 25
revolution. The military government has also started using Facebook to
try and reach out to Egyptian youth.

Following President Hosni Mubarak's resignation, graffiti was daubed
across the capital saying 'Thank you Facebook'.

One internet blogger said: "The internet as a whole should win the
Nobel Peace Prize this year for all it's done for democracy in the
Middle East/North African region, but let's not let this naming kids
get out of hand.

"I'd hate for little Facebook to have to share a classroom with a
little AOL, or worse a little Yahoo!" the Mail quoted the blogger as
saying.

Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of the social networking site, has been
thanked publicly by Egyptians.


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