Friday photo: @ghonim’s triumph

CAIRO, EGYPT – FEBRUARY 11: Wael Ghonim, a Google marketing executive and an Egyptian protest activist, is hoisted on stage in Tahrir Square during celebrations over President Hosni Mubarak stepping down February 11, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. After 18 days of widespread protests, Mubarak, who has now left Cairo for his home in the Egyptian ...

By , a former associate editor at Foreign Policy.
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CAIRO, EGYPT - FEBRUARY 11: Wael Ghonim, a Google marketing executive and an Egyptian protest activist, is hoisted on stage in Tahrir Square during celebrations over President Hosni Mubarak stepping down February 11, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. After 18 days of widespread protests, Mubarak, who has now left Cairo for his home in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheik, announced that he would step down.

CAIRO, EGYPT – FEBRUARY 11: Wael Ghonim, a Google marketing executive and an Egyptian protest activist, is hoisted on stage in Tahrir Square during celebrations over President Hosni Mubarak stepping down February 11, 2011 in Cairo, Egypt. After 18 days of widespread protests, Mubarak, who has now left Cairo for his home in the Egyptian resort town of Sharm el-Sheik, announced that he would step down.

In an interview with CNN today, Ghonim credited the Internet with making the Egyptian revolution possible, even saying he wanted to personally thank Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg.

C’mon man, give yourself some more credit!

Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating

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