12 Facts About Wael Khalil

Wael Khalil is an Egyptian political activist known for his criticism of the Mubarak regime, his activity during the 2011 Egyptian revolution, and his blog WaELK.

Wael Khalil joined the Revolutionary Socialists in 1992 but left them in 2011 after Hosni Mubarak resignation by few weeks.

Wael Khalil believes that political reform is rooted in the anti-war and Palestine solidarity movements.

Wael Khalil was a protester from the Egyptian opposition movement Kefaya.

In September 2010 Wael 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.

Wael Khalil was active during the 2011 Egyptian revolution and its aftermath.

In May 2011 Wael Khalil spoke out for a second wave of protests in support of a "Friday of rage" against the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces.

Wael Khalil blamed such policies for economic stagnation, deterioration, and growing inequality under Mubarak.

Wael Khalil cited IMF ex-employee and Mubarak regime finance minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali, who was sentenced to prison for corruption.

In July 2011, Wael Khalil criticized a proposed increase in Egypt's minimum wage as insufficiently large.

Wael Khalil supported the proposed budget's decreasing of the deficit but criticized the means to do so which he said put more burden on workers and pensioners rather than raising capital gains taxes.

Wael Khalil argued that in the movement for reform social rights were necessary as well as political rights.