The grad student was in Egypt working on his thesis when he and his translator were arrested while taking photographs of anti-government protests.
Through a series of interviews and articles, I chronicled how this student let the world know he was jailed, secured his freedom, and made the power of Twitter known early on -- if you were lucky enough to know about it.
Student "Twitters" his way out of Egyptian jail
Read more at CNN.com -- 4/25/08
Freed student uses Twitter to demand translator's release
Read more at CNN.com -- 6/05/08
Twitter saga ends in translator going free
Read more at CNN.com -- 7/10/08
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