Egyptian Father Names His Daughter "Facebook" 162
An anonymous reader writes "An Egyptian man has decided to show his appreciation towards Facebook for its role during the revolution in his country by naming his firstborn daughter Facebook. From the article: 'Egyptian dictator Muhammad Hosni Sayyid Mubarak was in power from 1981 until February 11, 2011, when he resigned after 18 days of protests. Facebook has been credited for helping organize regime-ending protests in the country. Although the Egyptian revolution saw some planning done via Twitter, direct text messages, and other forms of electronic communication, Facebook has come to symbolize all the forms of social media that people used to organize the revolutions in the Middle East.'"
Re:I guess the newly perceived freedoms (Score:5, Informative)
Ah that's nothing, if you want some really dodgy names go to the Philippines. Dildo, Lolita, Thumper, Flipper, Ding Dong and Hitler are a few that spring to mind. I love Filipinos but seriously.
Re:Huh? (Score:5, Informative)
You must not be a parent. Babies are born knowing how to protest, and they do it very well. Their protests usually center around food, overloaded diapers, and sleep. It's only a short step from there to political demonstrations.
Re:but...... (Score:3, Informative)
Actually no, they speak "Egyptian Arabic", or "Egyptian" for short, a dialect that is very different from "Literary Arabic"
Re:Ehm (Score:4, Informative)
Do you judge the US by the KKK?
I'm pretty sure 98% of Americans don't agree with the ideals of the KKK. If Pew is to be believed [pewglobal.org], Egyptians do tend to take a rather harsher view.