Father names his newborn baby girl Facebook
Posted: 02/21/2011
EGYPT - In Egypt, a new father is so proud of the role Facebook played in his country's revolution, he's named his baby girl for the social network.
The Egyptian newspaper "Al-Ahram" reports the man is calling his daughter "Facebook Jamal Ibrahim." The newspaper says family and friends are happy with the name.
Protesters helped organize and spread the word of their uprising through Facebook and other websites during the revolution in late January and early February.
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