ElBaradei Facebook group gaining 13 new members/minute
A Facebook campaign to support the nomination of Mohamed ElBaradei as president of Egypt continues to grow. By Tuesday noon, the membership was over 92,000. Ten thousand joined the group only hours after Mona el-Shazaly's talk show el-Ashera Masaan ("10 PM"), which hosted ElBaradei for around three hours.
The Facebook group "ElBaradei for President 2011" is the largest Egyptian political group on the social networking site. Its membership has even exceeded that of the Facebook group owned by the 6th April Youth movement which called for a general strike in 2008.
The ElBaradei campaign group is currently averaging 13 new members every minute. Several thousand members of the group have replaced their personal photos on their Facebook profiles with that of ElBaradei.
Many members of the pro-ElBaradei group have expressed their support for the former IAEA head through mass endorsement: posts on the group's wall include messages stating that "the Copts of Egypt," "the engineering students of Zagazig," or "the Egyptian expatriate community in Saudi Arabia" support ElBaradei.
There are also long discussions on the group about the best way to work toward amending the constitution and opening the door to the nomination of independent candidates for the presidential election.
Translated from the Arabic Edition.
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Dear dr elbaradei,be patient,you aren't the first honest famous political figure to be offended, remember De gaule,Thurthill,Gandy,kole ..etc.you have to extract your succsess form the failure yesterday.Pl don't listen to the plot theory.Not all egyptians are young,educated and tolerable.Even when you talk about the old man who has no access to pure water is not enough. you haven't reach the heart of the simple man.the side talks,the rumers of your enemies,the publishes private photos of your family all this impress the simple elector.i will be honored to join you but i don't know how? there is more i can participate in your campaign if you decide to continue.Allah with you.dr hatem elsebai,prof of molecular biology.