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In Gaza and Elsewhere, A Facebook Revolution

PUBLISHED ON January 25, 2009 AT 12:49 PM ·

The New York Times: As the street protests went on, young Egyptians also were mobilizing and venting their anger over Gaza on what would, until recently, have seemed an unlikely venue: Facebook, the social-networking site. In most countries in the Arab world, Facebook is now one of the 10 most-visited Web sites, and in Egypt it ranks third, after Google and Yahoo.

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