Egyptian blogger uses search, vids to protest Mubarak regime
March 20th, 2007

According to Now Public, an Egyptian blogger who goes by the screen name Ahmad Sherif has been using Google ad words and Youtube videos to express dissent regarding the Mubarak regime — and wonders whether his identity will remain secure:

Every Thursday Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will get mail. Lots of mail.

Mail from Egyptian bloggers who are risking their lives and their freedom to send him a message that freedom *is* coming to Egypt, whether he wants it or not. And mail from you, who support our commitment to freedom.

Every Thursday, thousands of people all over the globe will engage him in a conversation.

A conversation about democracy. About freedom. About his record of torture.

It’s also a conversation with Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and also with Steve Chen, Chad Hurley and Jawed Karim (Youtube’s founders). They have created wonderful technologies that help spread freedom - but without proper safeguards, allow repressive governments to identify “troublemakers” like myself. Like Abdel Kareen Soliman, a fellow blogger now serving a four-year prison sentence for “insulting” Hosni Mubarak. Which is why we must send him mail - frequently and in great numbers.

Here’s how “Mubarak, You’ve Got Mail” works.

We have set-up for Mister M., a messaging “In Box”. An “In Box” the *entire* planet can access and read. It’s no email account. You’re *all* invited to participate.

First: watch this YouTube video (it’s bilingual) to get the secret password. Watch it all, and follow the instructions that are embedded in it.

This experimental campaign has been designed to shed light on President Mubarak’s regime. It hopes to reach out to friendly voices and support.

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