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EVERYBODY. WELCOME TO THE FORUM. I AM THE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE OF POLICY. WE ARE EXCITED TO HAVE ALL OF YOU HERE. WE HAVE A PACKED HOUSE. TODAY'S...
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| 00:00:55 |
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TO THE FORUM. WE ARE DELIGHTED YOU ARE HERE. ON BEHALF OF OUR GUEST, HE AND I HAVE JOINED IN, WE WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN TODAY BY ASKING EVERYONE TO STAND...
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| 00:05:37 |
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AM HAPPY TO BE HERE. IT IS HARD TO BE IN THE U.S. TODAY. I FEEL VERY TORN. I AM TAKING IN THE NEWS AS IT HAPPENS IN EGYPT. I AM CONTRIBUTING BY BEING...
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| 00:07:25 |
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CAME BACK FROM SAUDI ARABIA, YOU WENT ON TO CAIRO UNIVERSITY, YOU FELT COMPUTER ENGINEERING. YOU WERE VERY INTERESTED IN TECHNOLOGY. YOU HAD STARTED...
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| 00:07:44 |
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TO TELL ME I AM A BEAT. I LOVE COMPUTERS MORE THAN ANYTHING -- AM A GEEK. I LOVE COMPUTERS MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE. THE FIRST TIME I LOGGED ONTO THE INTERNET...
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| 00:09:36 |
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AT CAIRO UNIVERSITY, I AM UNCLEAR OF WHEN YOU CAME TO THE UNITED STATES. YOU HAD BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING YOUNG WOMEN ON...
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| 00:09:50 |
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WITH WHAT HE SAID. [LAUGHTER] I WANTED TO GET MARRIED. IT WAS HARD TO GET MARRIED IN EGYPT AT AN EARLY AGE. I WAS 18. THE WEBSITE I STARTED, AS THE FOUR...
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| 00:10:36 |
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FIVE MONTHS. IT HAPPENED QUICKLY. YOU NEVER THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO MEET THIS GOAL. >> --
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| 00:10:46 |
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GIRL. >> IT WAS ONE OF THE
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| 00:10:51 |
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REASONS IT MADE ME KEEN ON MAKING THIS HAPPEN. WE HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR 10 YEARS NOW. >>
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| 00:10:57 |
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TWO CHILDREN. YOU WERE SO COMMITTED. >>
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| 00:11:03 |
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SHE IS USED TO IT. >>SHE CONVERTED
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| 00:11:09 |
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BEFORE. >> THE FINISHED UP
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| 00:11:13 |
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AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CAIRO. YOU WENT ON FOR AN M.B.A. THE BOOK IS INTERESTING ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THE NBA WAS FOR PREPARING NEW. -- M.B.A. WAS FOR PREPARING...
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| 00:11:43 |
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OF MARKETING WAS CRITICAL. I LEARNED A LOT. THE GOOD THING ABOUT THE INTERNET IS YOU CAN SEE THE FEEDBACK INSTANTANEOUSLY. IT IS NOT LIKE THE TYPICAL...
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| 00:12:48 |
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THAT. IT IS A VERY INTERESTING PART OF YOUR SUCCESS AND WHY IT WORKED. LET'S WALK THROUGH THE BIOGRAPHY. YOU CAN OF OF THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY CAIRO,...
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| 00:13:16 |
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THEM. >> YOU HAD A COUPLE OF
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| 00:13:19 |
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THE INTERNET JOBS. YOU REALLY WANTED TO WORK FOR GOOGLE. >> I WAS OBSESSED WITH
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| 00:13:27 |
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GOOGLE BECAUSE OF THE FACT, I HAD THIS BELIEVE THE INTERNET CAN HELP CHANGE THE WORLD. I KNOW THE SONS VERY CLICHE -- THIS SOUNDS VER CLICHE, THAT IS...
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| 00:14:47 |
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CHANGE THIS EQUATION. >> [UNINTELLIGIBLE] [LAUGHTER] >> GOOGLE DOES NOT
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| 00:15:01 |
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NEED ADVERTISING. ONE OF MY FRIENDS TOLD ME, I WOULD ENVY YOU, YOU WOULD FOR GOOGLE FOR MARKETING. GOOGLE DOES NOT NEED ANY MARKETING. WHAT DO YOU...
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| 00:15:15 |
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FOR GOOGLE, YOU WERE IN CAIRO. THEY ASK YOU TO RELOCATE TO DUBAI, JANUARY, 2010. RIGHT. AT THAT TIME, YOU DID NOT SEE YOURSELF AS AN ACTIVIST. >> I...
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| 00:15:37 |
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PERSON. I WAS PART OF THE GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO ARE SCARED. THEY DO NOT WANT TO OVERDO THINGS. YOU HAVE YOUR LIMIT. YOU CAN CRACK JOKES, BUT YOU AND NOT...
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| 00:17:18 |
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IF YOUR CELL PHONE IS ON, WOULD YOU PLEASE TURN IT OFF. IT IS INTERFERING WITH SOME OF THE SOUND IN HERE FOR OTHERS. USE OF THE GROWING INTEREST. --...
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| 00:17:45 |
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PROCESS OF THE CAMPAIGN WAS VERY SLOW. THERE WAS ONE PROBLEM WHICH WAS, CHANGE IS PERSONALIZED. >> HE WAS LOOKED UPON
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| 00:18:01 |
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AS A SAVIOR. >> THAT IS WHY I
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| 00:18:05 |
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CALLED THE SECOND CHAPTER, SEARCHING FOR A SAVIOR. HE SAID, I AM NOT YOUR SAVIOR. THE EGYPTIAN PEOPLE HAVE TO SAVE THEMSELVES. BECAUSE OF THE MEDIA,...
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| 00:23:12 |
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THAT HAD BEEN DEVELOPED, AT LEAST ONE OTHER PAGE IN MEMORY OF THIS YOUNG MAN, BUT THERE WERE MUCH MORE CONFRONTATIONAL. YOU DECIDED YOU DID NOT WANT...
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| 00:23:26 |
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PAGE THAT WAS CREATED TWO DAYS BEFORE I EXPERIENCED THE PAGE. THE PAGE WAS A VERY FAMOUS. IT HAD MUCH MORE FAMOUS. MY NAME IS KHALID SAHID. THE PROFILE...
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| 00:26:01 |
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FOR HIS APPROACH. THE MORE I READ ABOUT HIM, THE MORE I READ ABOUT WHAT HE HAS DONE, THE MORE I THINK HE IS ULTIMATELY RIGHT. PROBABLY THAT IS NOT THE...
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| 00:27:10 |
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YOU KNOW, MARTIN LUTHER KING FAMOUS IT WAS A STUDENT OF GONANDHI. BUT YOUR APPROACH TO THE FACEBOOK PAGE ITSELF WAS INTERESTING. YOU SAID IN TERMS OF...
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| 00:27:28 |
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JOKING ABOUT IT. >> BOB PUTNMANMAN
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| 00:27:34 |
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WOULD LIKE THAT. WE TALK ABOUT CIVIC ENGAGEMENT. YOU HAVE FOUR STEPS THAT YOU WANTED PEOPLE THAT CAME TO THE FACEBOOK PAGE TO GO THROUGH. TALK ABOUT THAT....
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| 00:27:49 |
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TUNNEL TO ME. AT THE END OF THE DAY, YOU ARE CONVINCING PEOPLE ADOPTING CODES. THAT IS THE WHOLE THING. IT STARTS WITH PEOPLE LIKING THE PAGE AND BECOMING...
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| 00:29:56 |
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LIFE WITHOUT MEANING TO DO IT. ONE REASON IS BECAUSE THE FACT THE INTERNET IS VERY A-- THE FEEDBACK IS VERY INNOCENT AND SPONTANEOUS. FEED BACK INSTANTLY....
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| 00:30:57 |
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ASK YOU ONE LAST QUESTION, THEN WE WILL ASK THOSE OF YOU THAT WOULD LIKE TO PARTICIPATE. THERE IS ONE MICROPHONE HERE, AND ONE THERE AND ONE THERE. IF...
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| 00:32:31 |
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IS GOOD AT DOING BOTH PREPA. IT WAS ONLY A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THE ELECTION TOOK PLACE. AND A LOT OF US AS AN ACTIVIST, WHO ARE BUSY WITH MANY OTHER THINGS...
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| 00:34:49 |
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HELPFUL. THE TRADITION HERE, AS MOST OF YOU KNOW, IS THAT THIS IS A CHANCE FOR QUESTIONS. THERE IS ONE QUESTION PER CUSTOMER. IF YOU WOULD -- >>
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| 00:35:01 |
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1.99. >> AND PLEASE REMEMBER THAT
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| 00:35:07 |
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EACH QUESTIONED ENDS WITH A QUESTION MARK. >>
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| 00:35:10 |
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HI. IT IS AN HONOR TO SHARE OR REMEDY AFTER SEEING YOU FROM AFAR. A QUESTION, A PROVINCIAL QUESTION ABOUT THE ROLE OF AMERICAN ANDIN ALL OF THIS. IT...
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| 00:36:04 |
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QUESTION -- EXPRESSED QUESTION. >> I SAW YOU ON TWITTER,
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| 00:36:09 |
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BY THE WAY. ONE THING I WANT TO SAY IS, ONE OF THE REASONS I WROTE THE BOOK IS I AM EXPOSED TO A CERTAIN SIDE OF THE STORY. THERE IS NO LEADER IN...
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| 00:40:09 |
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CHARLES COGAN. CAN YOU DECIPHER FROM A THIS IS TERRIBLE FOOTBALL STRATEGTRAGEDY. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? WAS A SPONTANEOUS BECAUSE MOST OF THE CASUALTIES'...
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| 00:40:48 |
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EVERYONE KNOW WHAT HAPPENED? SO, BASICALLY, I DO NOT LIKE JUDGING INTENTIONS OR GETTING INTO CONSPIRACIES, BUT WHAT I CAN SEE CLEARLY IS THAT THE POLICE...
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| 00:43:01 |
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YOU WERE THERE NOT? >> I WOULD HAVE
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| 00:43:04 |
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BEEN PROTESTING TODAY, AND THE MOVEMENT, WHICH I BELONG TO, CREATED A POLITICAL LOBBYING GROUP. WE ARE CALLING THE PARLIAMENT TO SPEED UP THE PROCESS...
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| 00:43:22 |
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PLEASE. >> I'M AN UNDERGRADUATE
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| 00:43:28 |
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AT THE COLLEGE. I WAS WONDERING IF W HE COULD WONDERING -- WONDERING IF YOU COULD TALK ABOUT WHAT CHALLENGES EGYPT FACES AS IT TRANSITIONS AND IF IT CAN...
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| 00:43:49 |
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AS FAR AS I SEE IS THE ECONOMY. EGYPT, 1 OUT OF 2 PEOPLE LIVE UNDER $2 A DAY. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT WE ARE HEADING TOWARDS A POVERTY REVOLUTION...
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| 00:45:52 |
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JED SCHWARTZ. I SEE, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU SEE ALSO A GRAVE DANGER THAT THE REVOLUTION WILL BE BETRAYED BY THE MILITARY. YOU WILL BE UNABLE TO OVERCOME...
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| 00:46:31 |
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I AGREE. >>
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| 00:46:34 |
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YOU AGREE? JOHN LOCKE, VOLTAIRE AND DAVID HUME. THESE GUYS WHO CRITIQUED THE POWER OF THEOCRACY. IT SEEMS TO ME, IF YOU CAN BUILD ON THOSE KINDS OF IDEAS...
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| 00:47:14 |
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VERY HARD. I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF EGYPT AND BEING VERY WORRIED ABOUT ISLAMISTS RULING THE COUNTRY. I COULD BE WRONG. I...
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| 00:49:08 |
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GOOD. WE ONLY HAVE TIME FOR A COUPLE
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| 00:49:13 |
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OF MORE. >> HELLO. I'M WITH THE ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT HERE. I WAS THINKING ABOUT SPECIFICALLY EGYPT'S YOUTH, AND THE TRANSITION PEOPLE THAT MAY BE MORE...
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| 00:50:21 |
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ONE OF OUR BIGGEST CHALLENGES AT THE MOMENT. HOW TO INSTITUTIONALIZE OF THOSE WHO TAKE TO THE STREETS, THOSE BRAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE READY TO DIE, FACING...
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| 00:51:55 |
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PLEASE. >> THANK
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| 00:51:57 |
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YOU. I'M A GRADUATE OF THE COLLEGE. I KNOW YOU ARE AN OPTIMIST ABOUT EGYPT'S BUT WE ALLS FUTURE, BUT OTHER COUNTRIES ARE LOOKING TOWARDS EGYPT TO SEE...
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| 00:53:01 |
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AN OPTIMIST BY CHOICE. I WANT TO SEE THE GOOD SIDE OF THE STORY. AND I KNOW THERE IS A VERY BAD SIDE TO IT. I READ, AND I SEE HOW CAN YOU LOOK AT...
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| 00:55:00 |
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QUESTION THIRD >> ONE FUNNY THING. I WAS PRAYING RIGHT AFTER IF THE 14TH OF JANUARY THAT NOTHING BAD HAPPENED IN TUNISIA. I REMEMBER THE NEWSPAPERS WERE...
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| 00:55:26 |
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QUESTION. >> HI. I'M TEACHING HERE AT THE CENTER ON POLITICS AND I RUN A PERSONAL DEMOCRACY FORUM. WELL, YOU'RE AN EGYPTIAN. I AM AMERICAN, BUT WE ARE...
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| 00:56:24 |
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WAS SHOT BECAUSE I WAS MANAGING IT FROM AN ANONYMOUS ACCOUNT. A FAKE ACCOUNT. AND FACEBOOK HAS A POLICY THAT BASICALLY, YOU CANNOT USE FACEBOOK WITH...
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| 00:57:03 |
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HAD TO PUT THEIR NAMES ON. >> THERE IS
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| 00:57:06 |
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AN EGYPTIAN-AMERICAN LADY. SHE OFFERED HELP AND SHE SAID, LISTEN, I CAN PUT MY NAME ON THE PAGE. I DON'T MIND. SO IT WAS -- THE OWNERSHIP OF THE PAGE...
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| 00:59:02 |
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ENOUGH. A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CURIOUS ABOUT THIS. YOU PACKED A LOT INTO 32 YEARS. YOU ARE VERY YOUNG. WHERE DID YOU GO FROM HERE? >> TO THE BOOK
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| 00:59:15 |
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SIGNING. [LAUGHTER] [APPLAUSE] I HAVE TO SAY, I'M HAPPY -- ON FEBRUARY 8, WHEN I WAS RELEASED, WHEN I SAW ALL THE EVENTS TAKING PLACE, I WROTE THAT WE...
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| 01:01:00 |
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WILL ALWAYS BE WELCOME AT THE KENNEDY SCHOOL. I GOT THIS NOTE -- ACTUALLY IT IS THE FIRST150. 150. I HAD NOT APPRECIATE IT THE TWO CO-SPONSORS. THEY...
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| 01:01:24 |
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ALL THE PROCEEDS OF THIS BOOK, I AM NOT GETTING ANYTHING. I THINK IT IS UNFAIR THAT PEOPLE DIED AND I BECOME A MILLIONAIRE OF THE BOOK. ALL THE PROCEEDS...
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| 01:01:47 |
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YOU CAN TELL FROM THE RESPONSE OF THIS AUDIENCE TONIGHT, HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE YOUR HUMILITY, BUT WE ALSO VERY, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE...
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| 01:02:31 |
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ON C-SPAN, FORMER NAVY SEAL COMMANDER CHUCK PFARRER TALKS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF
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