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Aliaa Magda Elmahdy

1991 - Today

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Aliaa Magda Elmahdy (Egyptian Arabic: علياء ماجدة المهدي, IPA: [ʕælˈjæːʔ ˈmæɡdæ (ʔe)lˈmæhdi, ˈʕæljæ-]; born 16 November 1991) is an Egyptian internet activist and feminist advocate. She became known for publishing a nude photo on her Blogspot 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 identified as an atheist since turning 16. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aliaa Magda Elmahdy is the 750th most popular social activist (down from 709th in 2019), the 591st most popular biography from Egypt (down from 583rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Egyptian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Aliaa Magda Elmahdy ranks 750 out of 840. Before her are Ruhollah Zam, Zainab Salbi, Medea Benjamin, Samar Badawi, Lillian Ngoyi, and Máxima Acuña. After her are Inez Milholland, Hector Pieterson, Lina Ben Mhenni, Rouzan al-Najjar, Kumi Naidoo, and Sarah Hegazi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1991, Aliaa Magda Elmahdy ranks 343. Before her are Manolo Gabbiadini, Ruby Riott, Michael Lang, Francesca Lollobrigida, Mitchell Duke, and Bruno Uvini. After her are Amel Tuka, Marlen Reusser, Malese Jow, Bastos, Denis Alibec, and Rogelio Funes Mori.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Aliaa Magda Elmahdy ranks 591 out of 642. Before her are Shikabala (1986), Hossam Ghaly (1981), Amr Zaki (1983), Mohamed Abdelwahab (1983), Ahmed Elmohamady (1987), and Mostafa Mohamed (1997). After her are Sarah Hegazi (1989), Ruby (1981), Ahmed Hegazi (1991), Omar Gaber (1992), Ahmed Hassan Mahgoub (1993), and Sherif Ekramy (1983).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Egypt

Among social activists born in Egypt, Aliaa Magda Elmahdy ranks 7. Before her are Hassan al-Banna (1906), Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad (1927), Huda Sha'arawi (1879), Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed (1872), Maggie Gobran (1949), and Asmaa Mahfouz (1985). After her are Sarah Hegazi (1989), and Nadeen Ashraf (1998).

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