Egyptian Man Names Newborn Daughter Facebook

An Egyptian man has reportedly honored Facebook.com in a special way – he named his daughter after the social networking site. According to Egyptian newspaper Al-Ahram, Jamal Ibrahim chose named his daughter Facebook because of the role the site played in helping people organize recent political protests. Eighteen days of protests forced President Hosni Mubarak to resign after 30 years in power. Mubarak handed over power to the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.

TechCrunch posted an English translation of Al-Ahram’s article. A portion of the article reads, “The girl's family, friends, and neighbors in the Ibrahimya region gathered around the new born to express their continuing support for the revolution that started on Facebook. 'Facebook' received many gifts from the youth who were overjoyed by her arrival and the new name-a name that shocked the entire world."

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