Meet my daughter 'Facebook': How one new Egyptian father is commemorating the part the social network played in revolution



Thanked: Mark Zuckerberg has been thanked publicly by Egyptians

An Egyptian father has decided to name his new daughter 'Facebook' to mark his country's recent revolution



According to Al-Ahram, one of the country's most popular newspapers, the man in his 20s called Jamal Ibrahim, named his daughter after the social networking site.



He is said to have called her Facebook because he was so happy with the role played by the site in organising protests in Tahrir Square and other cities throughout Egypt.



The girl's full name is Facebook Jamal Ibrahim and her family and their friends and neighbrous are reported to have gathered around the newborn, expressing their continued support for the revolution they say started on Facebook.



In Egypt there are five million Facebook users - more than any other country in the Middle East and that number rocketed over the last month as the revolution got underway.



There were 32,000 groups and 14,000 pages created following the January 25th revolution.



The military government has also started using Facebook to try and reach out to Egyptian youth.



Focal point: Tahrir Square was where the biggest demonstrations in Egypt took place

Following President Hosni Mubarak's resignation graffiti was daubed across the capital city, Cairo, saying 'Thank you Facebook'.



One internet blogger said: 'The internet as a whole should win the Nobel Peace Prize this year for all it's done for democracy in the Middle East/North African region, but let's not let this naming kids get out of hand.



'I'd hate for little Facebook to have to share a classroom with a little AOL, or worse a little Yahoo!'



