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Magda Elmahdy (born
1991) is an Egyptian internet
activist and women's rights advocate. Elmahdy publicly
challenged Egypt’s social structures. Elmahdy became known for publishing a
nude photo in her Blogspot blog, which she described in Facebook as "screams against a
society of violence, racism, sexism, sexual harassment and hypocrisy". Since
then she became a subject of several death threats.
A
student of the American University of Cairo, Elmahdy positioned herself as a "secular,
liberal, feminist, vegetarian, individualist Egyptian" and an atheist
since turning 16. Earlier in 2011 Elmahdy and another activist Kareem Amer postedmobile video footage, where they debate
with managers of a public park who expelled them for public display of
affection. A case, filed by Islamic law graduates, accused Elmahdy and Amer of
"violating morals, inciting indecency and insulting Islam". False
rumors about her beating on the Tahrir Square and death have been spread since then.
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