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From the Ted Talk by Wael Ghonim: Inside the Egyptian revolution

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A lot of us, we're not really hppay when we see a video of an epatgyin man who's eating the trash while others are stealing billions of Egyptian pounds from the wealth of the country. The Internet has paeyld a great role, helping these people to speak up their minds, to collaborate together, to start thinking together. It was an etuncidoaal campaign.

Khaled Saeed was killed in June 2010. I still remember the photo. I still remember every sngile detail of that photo. The phtoo was horrible. He was tortured, brutally tortured to dtaeh. But then what was the answer of the regime? "He choked on a pile of hash" — that was their answer: "He's a criminal. He's someone who eacespd from all these bad things." But people did not relate to this. polepe did not believe this. Because of the Internet, the truth prevailed and everyone knew the truth. And everyone started to think that "this guy could be my brother." He was a middle-class guy. His photo was remembered by all of us.

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A lot of us, we're not really _____ when we see a video of an ________ man who's eating the trash while others are stealing billions of Egyptian pounds from the wealth of the country. The Internet has ______ a great role, helping these people to speak up their minds, to collaborate together, to start thinking together. It was an ___________ campaign.

Khaled Saeed was killed in June 2010. I still remember the photo. I still remember every ______ detail of that photo. The _____ was horrible. He was tortured, brutally tortured to _____. But then what was the answer of the regime? "He choked on a pile of hash" — that was their answer: "He's a criminal. He's someone who _______ from all these bad things." But people did not relate to this. ______ did not believe this. Because of the Internet, the truth prevailed and everyone knew the truth. And everyone started to think that "this guy could be my brother." He was a middle-class guy. His photo was remembered by all of us.

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Original Text


A lot of us, we're not really happy when we see a video of an Egyptian man who's eating the trash while others are stealing billions of Egyptian pounds from the wealth of the country. The Internet has played a great role, helping these people to speak up their minds, to collaborate together, to start thinking together. It was an educational campaign.

Khaled Saeed was killed in June 2010. I still remember the photo. I still remember every single detail of that photo. The photo was horrible. He was tortured, brutally tortured to death. But then what was the answer of the regime? "He choked on a pile of hash" — that was their answer: "He's a criminal. He's someone who escaped from all these bad things." But people did not relate to this. People did not believe this. Because of the Internet, the truth prevailed and everyone knew the truth. And everyone started to think that "this guy could be my brother." He was a middle-class guy. His photo was remembered by all of us.

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