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LAGC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 09:03 PM
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If you think OWS'ers are brave, check out this fine atheist gal in Egypt...
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Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Egyptian blogger Aliaa Magda Elmahdy has become a household name in the Middle East and sparked a global uproar after a friend posted a photo of her naked on Twitter.

The photo, which the 20-year-old former student first posted on her blog, shows her naked apart from a pair of thigh-high stockings and some red patent leather shoes.

It was later posted on Twitter with the hashtag #nudephotorevolutionary. The tweet was viewed over a million times, while Elmahdy's followers jumped from a few hundred to more than 14,000.

Her actions have received global media coverage and provoked outrage in Egypt, a conservative Muslim country where most women wear the veil. Many liberals fear that Elmahdy's actions will hurt their prospects in the parliamentary election next week.


http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/19/world/meast/nude-blogger-aliaa-magda-elmahdy/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

This young woman is begging for a death warrant. We think we have it bad with protesters getting pepper-sprayed, police over there flat out KILL you for daring to express yourself over there... talk about heroics!

As the Arab Spring turns into the Arab Winter, lets not forget about all those folks who are really putting their lives on the line, risking everything for the hope of freedom...
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