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received several letters with continued death threats directed towards her. She expressed that she was able to wear trousers and a tank top while walking the streets without fearing being verbally or physically harassed, unlike in Egypt. When asked to comment on Islamic organisations claiming that
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Continuing the photographic theme of her protest, Elmahdy has subsequently called for men to submit images of themselves wearing veils "in an attempt to create awareness over hypocritical attitudes," and requested women "who wish to remove their veils to send her photographs of their faces, to be
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About forty Israeli women gathered via Facebook to "show support in a non-violent and legitimate way for a woman who is just like us – young, ambitious, full of dreams and evidently has a developed sense of humor". The participants were photographed behind a sign saying "love without limits" and
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page, which she described on Facebook as "screams against a society of violence, racism, sexism, sexual harassment and hypocrisy". Since then she became a subject of several death threats. Elmahdy describes herself as a "secular, liberal, feminist, vegetarian, individualist Egyptian" and has
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her campaigning reduces the freedom of Muslim women to wear the veil, she responded that she has never seen a man exercise the freedom to wear a veil. In the interview she expresses doubt towards liberal supporters and stated her belief that many men who claim to oppose
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Elmahdy's blog received over 2 million hits, with a number of insults. Pages for both support and protest against Elmahdy's action have been opened on Facebook. Fearing of becoming tainted in the eyes of
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in Sweden for fear of being jailed, after being kidnapped and receiving death threats. In December 2012, Elmahdy participated in a public nude protest outside the Egyptian embassy in
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in our heads – the dictators of our mind – which insists that revolutions cannot succeed without a tidal wave of cultural changes that upend misogyny and sexual hypocrisy".
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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
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Elmahdy posted the nude photo on 23 October 2011 and according to her tweet, took the photo herself in the "parent's home months before" she met
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Egypt activist who protested nude says she wants to make change, differently By Mustapha Ajbaili. Al Arabiya English. 21 December 2012
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member. The three naked activists protested against the "sharia-dictatorial" proposed Egyptian Constitution, drafted by
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in those days. Elmahdy had painted "Sharia is not a constitution" in red across her chest and stomach while holding an
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Stencil graffiti depicting Elmahdy, in the form of the nude blog photo of herself. Its text also refers to the case of
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I took my nude photo myself in my parent's home months before I met @Kareemamer and I'm atheist since I was 16"
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feminist activists have pooped and menstruated on an IS flag By Chris Köver. 27 August 2014 vice.com/de
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Aliaa Magda Elmahdy and Femen Protest Against Morsi in Stockholm - NJB Article and Source Repository
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The Egyptian Feminist Who Was Kidnapped for Posing Nude February 14, 2013 By Amira Asad, vice.com
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Abdelmoez, Joel W. (2021), Rosenberg, Tiina; D'Urso, Sandra; Winget, Anna Renée (eds.),
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The Price Egyptian Aliaa Elmahdy Paid for Posting Nude Photo Online - SPIEGEL ONLINE
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In August 2014, she released a photo of herself menstruating on the flag of the
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The Palgrave Handbook of Queer and Trans Feminisms in Contemporary Performance
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on 8 March 2014, Elmahdy and seven other Arab and Iranian women, including
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issued a statement denying claims that Elmahdy is a member of the group.
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In 2013, Elmahdy and two other Femen activists staged a protest in
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Maryam Namazie, Fariborz Pooya & Bahram Soroush (1 May 2014).
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Aliaa Magda Elmahdy and Femen Protest Against Morsi in Stockholm
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Elmahdy's interview about her alleged beating in Tahrir Square
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and the oppression of women. They were arrested by police for
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advocate. She became known for publishing a nude photo on her
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Liam Stack & David D. Kirkpatrick (17 November 2011).
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where she stated that during her asylum process, the
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Samira Ibrahim
Egyptian
American University of Cairo
Egyptian Arabic
[ʕælˈjæːʔˈmæɡdæ(ʔe)lˈmæhdi,ˈʕæljæ-]
internet activist
women's rights
Blogspot
Aliaa Elmahdy
Dateline
SBS
Kareem Amer
public display of affection
mobile video
Amer

Islamic conservatives
6 April Youth Movement
Tahrir Square
expatriates
Maryam Namazie
Islamism
virginity tests
Tahrir Square
Mona Eltahawy
Molotov cocktail
Mubaraks
political asylum
Stockholm

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