Fida al-Sayed

Fida was born in an unspecified Arab country. Fida said in an interview that about 16 children at ages 12–13, who wrote "Go away al-Assad" on a toilet wall in his school in Syria and then was arrested by security police. "When they returned, they were raped and had no fingernails left, they had been torn away." together with his sister Lina. After the 2010 Stockholm bombings, he appeared in various local media in which he renounced terrorism and said that what happened in Stockholm was an evil act and evil acts can never be justified. ==Syrian Revolution Network==

Fida has together with his two younger brothers Mustafa and Yasir created the page "The Syrian Revolution" on Facebook that has been identified as the most influential social networking tool in the mobilization of protesters during the Syrian Revolution. BBC Arabic showed in a special report how Fida run the page from his apartment in Eskilstuna. Fida explained that 75% of the administrators who run the site today are from within Syria. Fida also told that it is a difficult process before a video is approved and posted on the site: the event must have been filmed and sent by various independent sources, even sometimes needed to be confirmed by filming the date on a local newspaper, or that some of the protesters show big signs where you can clearly see the week's campaign name. He called Sweden in interview with SVT to expel the Syrian ambassador, explaining that some of his friends had been murdered because of an image or a video that they have sent to the page. 65% of the website's readers are coming from Syria. == Personal Views ==

Fida has been characterized as a supporter of the Syrian opposition, likening the situation to that of the French Revolution. On the question of military intervention in Syria, he replied "the people of Syria do not want military action. They want political and economic penalties on al-Assad's government, as well as tougher statement from the UN, EU and the larger organizations. They want the EU countries to expel Syrian ambassadors and recall their ambassadors from Damascus". Fida has reported being sent threatening letters in Swedish and Arabic. In response to the question of how long he intended to continue, Fida answered "until I die". ==See also==