(Egypt) is an Egyptian blogger, software developer, and political activist. Wael could have been an important scientist or a famous computer programmer, but whenever he got started he got distracted – by chasing butterflies, or he’d meet interesting people and they’d talk until he forgot his intended career path.
Right now, he spends most of his time in front of a computer screen protesting and fighting for his rights. When questioned about what he does with his time his reply is a lengthy monologue about the coming revolution, his efforts to keep her flames burning. He sees her future unfolding through new technologies, her open source nature, her bloggers and citizen journalists, her manifesto carved in ever-changing wikis and her brightening skies of emails and ideas.