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Sarah Hegazi

1989 - 2020

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Sarah Hegazi (Arabic: سارة حجازي; 1 October 1989 – 14 June 2020; also rendered Hegazy or Higazy) was an Egyptian writer, LGBTQ activist, and socialist. She was arrested, imprisoned and tortured in Egypt for three months after flying a rainbow flag at a Mashrou' Leila concert in 2017 in Cairo. Hegazi, who lived with PTSD resulting from the prison torture she had experienced in Egypt, was granted asylum in Canada, residing there until her suicide. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sarah Hegazi is the 756th most popular social activist (up from 764th in 2019), the 592nd most popular biography from Egypt (up from 610th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Egyptian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Sarah Hegazi ranks 756 out of 840. Before her are Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, Inez Milholland, Hector Pieterson, Lina Ben Mhenni, Rouzan al-Najjar, and Kumi Naidoo. After her are Ayanda Denge, Aqeela Asifi, Peter Tatchell, Oliver Wood, Hadizatou Mani, and Lamiya Haji Bashar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Sarah Hegazi ranks 449. Before her are ManuElla, Carlos Zambrano, Aaron Hernandez, Iván Piris, Tom Bateman, and Eleftheria Eleftheriou. After her are Samanta Tīna, Rila Fukushima, Matthew Centrowitz Jr., André André, Lee Sang-hwa, and John-Patrick Smith. Among people deceased in 2020, Sarah Hegazi ranks 864. Before her are King Von, Trevor Cherry, Slade Gorton, Andy Gill, Lina Ben Mhenni, and Rudolfo Anaya. After her are Armelia McQueen, Adam Schlesinger, Tom Forsyth, Sei Ashina, Yuichiro Hata, and Khamis Al-Owairan.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Sarah Hegazi ranks 592 out of 642. Before her are Hossam Ghaly (1981), Amr Zaki (1983), Mohamed Abdelwahab (1983), Ahmed Elmohamady (1987), Mostafa Mohamed (1997), and Aliaa Magda Elmahdy (1991). After her are Ruby (1981), Ahmed Hegazi (1991), Omar Gaber (1992), Ahmed Hassan Mahgoub (1993), Sherif Ekramy (1983), and Emad Moteab (1983).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Egypt

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

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