Wael Khalil
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Wael Khalil
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وائل خليل December 21, 1965 Egypt |
| Residence | Cairo, Egypt |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Known for | 2010 Al Ahram photo scandal |
| Spouse(s) | Lamia Bulbul |
| Parent(s) | Ahmad Khalil and Mohsena Tawfik |
| Relatives | Azza Khalil (Sister) |
| Website | waelk |
Wael Khalil (Arabic: وائل خليل) is an Egyptian political activist known for his criticism of the Mubarak regime, his activity during the 2011 Egyptian revolution, and his blog WaELK.net which covers government, activism and sports.
Khalil is a software engineer by trade.
Wael Khalil joined the Revolutionary Socialists in 1992 but left them in 2011 after Hosni Mubarak resignation by few weeks. Khalil began his activism in 2000 as part of the Egyptian anti-war and anti-globalisation movement. He believes that political reform is rooted in the anti-war and Palestine solidarity movements. He also believes that dictatorship leads to imperialism.
He was a protester from the Egyptian opposition movement Kefaya. He also co-founded the 20 March Popular Campaign for Change.
In 2006 he criticized Egyptian police after at Sudanese refugees were killed at a squatter camp in Cairo. He said, "When you kill little babies, things have changed...We will try you, and you won't be able to travel abroad again."
In September 2010 Khalil reported on an altered photograph in Al-Ahram in which editors had changed the position of president Hosni Mubarak from the back of a row of heads of state to the front. On his blog Waelk.net Khalil posted the photoshopped image alongside the original taken by Associated Press, which showed Mubarak actually behind Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Jordanian King Abdullah II, and United States President Barack Obama at a media event at the White House.
Egyptian Chronicles blog commented, "The photo scandal of the week which is making headlines worldwide is another triumph to the Egyptian blogosphere as the one who discovered from all the world is Egyptian follow blogger Wael Khalil...I repeat the one who discovered is Wael Khalil...Who said that blogs are losing their power in Egypt !!??"
Khalil was active during the 2011 Egyptian revolution and its aftermath.
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