wael ghonim released

Wael Ghonim, Google executive missing

Feb 07, 2011 · Wael Ghonim, the Google executive who has been missing since participating in the first few anti-government protests in Egypt, was released on Monday And, as it turns out, Ghonim was a "key figure" in Egypt's ongoing uprising.
Wael Ghonim A Google executive who mysteriously vanished in Cairo more than a week ago amid the chaos of antigovernment protests will be released on Monday, Egyptian television reported Sunday.
Google's Wael Ghoneim, who has become a symbolic figure of the country's political uprising, will be released by Egyptian authorities, announced Egyptian telecom billionaire Naguib Sawiris. Ghoneim is Google's head of marketing for the Middle East and Africa.
Sawiris, who made the announcement on his OTV television station, said he and others held talks with Egpytian Vice President Omar Suleiman over the weekend and the vice president ultimately agreed to release Ghoneim.