The new forum targets Egyptian youth via an online Sharek forum and social media channels including Facebook, YouTube and Flickr and aims to answer Egyptians’ questions about the NDP. Participants are invited to post their questions via the campaign website or Facebook and many of these were answered by Gamal Mubarak in a live 3 hour online video forum broadcast from an event at the NDP's headquarters in Cairo. 230 students from Egyptian universities and research centers at the NDP’s headquarters in Cairo. MUbarak answered questions submitted in advance via email, Facebook, or directly on the website www.sharek.eg. The videos will later be hosted on the website and via Youtube.
Update 28 August 2009
Campaign URLs
Website: Sharek
Facebook: Sharek
Youtube: Sharek - details to follow
Flickr: Sharek
Website: National Democratic Party of Egypt
Facebook: Gamal Mubarak
Facebook: National Democratic Party of Egypt (1)
Facebook: National Democratic Party of Egypt (2)
Friends, fans and followers
Facebook: Sharek - 3,529 supporters (12 August 2009), 3,359 supporters (28 August '09)
Facebook: Gamal Mubarak - 378 supporters (28 August 2009)
Facebook: NDP 1 - 2,859 members (28 August 2009)
Facebook: NDP 2 - 145 members (28 August 2009)
News stories
Al-Jazeera International: Connecting with Egypt's Youth (video, 14 August 2009)
Al Ahram Weekly: You've got mail (13 August 2009)
Daily News Egypt: Reaction to Gamal Mubarak’s ‘open dialogue’ differs according to venue (13 August 2009)
MENASSAT: Gamal Mubarak + social media = true (12 August 2009)
Global Voices Advocacy: Egyptian Government utilizes Electronic Media (12 August 2009)
National Democratic Party: Gamal Mubarak connects with Egyptians via Facebook (9 August 2009)
Egypt.com News: Facebook Activists support Gamal Mubarak (2 July 2009)
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