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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 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Aliaa Magda Elmahdy is the 777th most popular social activist (down from 712th in 2024), the 596th most popular biography from Egypt (down from 583rd in 2019) and the 9th most popular Egyptian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Aliaa Magda Elmahdy ranks 778 out of 840. Before her are Ruhollah Zam, Zainab Salbi, Khalid El-Masri, Medea Benjamin, Samar Badawi, Lillian Ngoyi, and Máxima Acuña. After her are Inez Milholland, Hector Pieterson, Lina Ben Mhenni, Rouzan al-Najjar, and Kumi Naidoo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1991, Aliaa Magda Elmahdy ranks 351. Before her are Jens-Frederik Nielsen, 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 596 out of 642. Before her are Hossam Ghaly (1981), Amr Zaki (1983), Ahmed El-Kass (1965), Mohamed Abdelwahab (1983), Ahmed Elmohamady (1987), and Mostafa Mohamed (1997). After her are Murder of Marwa El-Sherbini (1978), Sarah Hegazi (1989), Ruby (1981), Tarek Soliman (1962), Hesham Yakan (1962), and Ahmed Hegazi (1991).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Egypt

Among social activists born in Egypt, Aliaa Magda Elmahdy ranks 9. Before her are Huda Sha'arawi (1879), Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed (1872), Maggie Gobran (1949), Asmaa Mahfouz (1985), Wael Ghonim (1980), and Alaa Abd El-Fattah (1981). After her are Sarah Hegazi (1989), Mona Seif (1986), and Nadeen Ashraf (1998).

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