Egyptian aliaa elmahdy became an icon of the arab spring after she posted a nude photo of herself online Then she fled to sweden after receiving death threats from islamist extremists. 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. Egyptian blogger aliaa magda elmahdy has become a household name in the middle east and sparked a global uproar after a friend posted a photo of her naked on twitter. This article will examine the activism of aliaa magda elmahdy, or the “nude egyptian blogger,” to reflect on the pause that naked bodies insert into civic life and to evaluate nudity as means of protest in egyptian as well as transnational feminist politics.
Egypt's famous naked blogger aliaa magda elmahdy has staged a nude demonstration along with members of the femen radical feminist group against the planned egyptian constitution.
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