SOCIAL ACTIVIST

Alaa Abd El-Fattah

1981 - Today

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Alaa Ahmed Seif al Islam Abd El-Fattah (Arabic: علاء أحمد سيف الإسلام عبد الفتاح, IPA: [ʕæˈlæːʔ ˈæħmæd ˈseːf ʕæbdelfatˈtæːħ]) known professionally as Alaa Abd El-Fattah (Arabic: علاء عبد الفتاح; born 1981), is an Egyptian-British blogger, software developer, and political activist. He has been active in developing Arabic-language versions of software and platforms. After a 2006 arrest by Egyptian police, Abd El-Fattah was released without charge 45 days later. He was subsequently imprisoned in Egypt for organising a political protest without requesting authorisation, and released on bail on 23 March 2014. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alaa Abd El-Fattah is the 751st most popular social activist, the 583rd most popular biography from Egypt and the 8th most popular Egyptian Social Activist.

Alaa Abd El-Fattah is most famous for his role as a prominent Egyptian political activist and blogger, advocating for democracy and human rights during the 2011 Egyptian Revolution and beyond. He has faced multiple arrests and imprisonment for his activism against the Egyptian government.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Alaa Abd El-Fattah ranks 751 out of 840Before him are Latifa Ibn Ziaten, Ihor Kostenko, Nils Muižnieks, Veronika Tsepkalo, Denis Kapustin, and Barbara Gittings. After him are Reyhaneh Jabbari, Aleta Baun, Alexandra Shevchenko, Enric Duran, Ruhollah Zam, and Zainab Salbi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1981, Alaa Abd El-Fattah ranks 638Before him are Brendan Fletcher, Adam LaVorgna, Rina Satō, Larisa Oleynik, Natsumi Abe, and Gökhan Zan. After him are Sandra Sánchez, Jermaine Jones, Tomasz Majewski, Astrix, Marco Chiudinelli, and Johan Clarey.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Alaa Abd El-Fattah ranks 583 out of 642Before him are Mona Eltahawy (1967), Mohamed Barakat (1976), Wael Ghonim (1980), Gehad Grisha (1976), Wael Gomaa (1975), and Mohamed Aly (1975). After him are Muhammad Ali, Prince of the Sa'id (1979), Hesham Mesbah (1982), Ismail Youssef (1964), Shikabala (1986), Hossam Ghaly (1981), and Amr Zaki (1983).

Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Egypt

Among social activists born in Egypt, Alaa Abd El-Fattah ranks 8Before him are Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad (1927), Huda Sha'arawi (1879), Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed (1872), Maggie Gobran (1949), Asmaa Mahfouz (1985), and Wael Ghonim (1980). After him are Aliaa Magda Elmahdy (1991), Sarah Hegazi (1989), Mona Seif (1986), and Nadeen Ashraf (1998).