Google Executive Remains Missing in Egypt

By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER

Google engineers spent last weekend working with Twitter to build a service for people in Egypt without Internet access to post messages to Twitter by leaving a telephone voicemail.

Meanwhile, the unfolding crisis in Egypt was hitting close to home. Wael Ghonim, who leads Google’s marketing for the Middle East and North Africa, is missing in Egypt, according to the company.

“He has not been seen since late Thursday evening in central Cairo,” Google said in a statement. The company also asked anyone with information about Mr. Ghonim to call +44 20 7031 3008 or e-mail infoaboutwael@google.com.

Mr. Ghonim is based in Dubai, but on his Twitter profile he also listed Cairo as one of his locations. His Twitter stream tells a harrowing story. After several days of rapid-fire Twitter posts about the protests, he went silent on Twitter Jan. 27.

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but I didn't notice the name of the man. Maybe that was a second abduction, since Ghonim has been silent since the 27th?