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‘I am not a hero, O.K.? I am not a hero. I am a very ordinary person. The heroes are the ones in the street.’
WAEL GHONIM, the Google exec who helped organize Egypt’s initial protests, following his release from jail; the next day, Ghonim (above, center) addressed a huge rally in Tahrir Square
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