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Prominent Activist, Blogger Alaa Abd El Fattah Jailed in Egypt

by Silvia Duarte  /  November 1, 2011  / No comments

Alaa Abd El-Fatah

A prominent Egyptian activist and blogger has been jailed on charges of inciting violence. Alaa Abdel Fattah, considered one of Egypt’s most influential bloggers, has been ordered to spend at least 15 days behind bars. Abdel Fattah spoke to Democracy Now!’s Sharif Abdel Kouddous back in February, two weeks into the Egyptian revolution.

Originally published in Democracy Now

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Silvia Duarte is the managing editor of Sampsonia Way. She received her degree in Communication Sciences from Rafael Landivar University in Guatemala and her masters in Latin American studies from the Autonomous University of Madrid in Spain. Duarte was editor of El Periódico de Guatemala’s Sunday magazine from 2001 to 2006 and has written scholarly and journalistic articles in Germany, Spain, and the United States. She came to Pittsburgh in 2007 with her partner writer-in-exile Horacio Castellanos.

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