Alaa Abd El-Fattah
Egyptian writer and activist (born 1981) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alaa Ahmed Seif Abd-El Fattah (Arabic: علاء أحمد سيف الإسلام عبد الفتاح, IPA: [ʕæˈlæːʔ ˈæħmæd ˈseːf ʕæbdelfatˈtæːħ]; born 18 November 1981), known professionally as Alaa Abd El-Fattah (Arabic: علاء عبد الفتاح), is an Egyptian-British blogger, software developer and a political activist. He has been active in developing Arabic-language versions of software and platforms.[1]
Alaa Abd El-Fattah علاء عبد الفتاح | |
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Born | علاء أحمد سيف إلاسلام عبد الفتاح (1981-11-18) 18 November 1981 (age 42) |
Nationality (legal) | Egyptian, British |
Citizenship | Egyptian citizenship, British citizenship - dual citizenship |
Spouse | Manal Bahey El-Din Hassan (div. 2019) |
Children | 1 son |
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He was imprisoned in Egypt for allegedly organising a political protest without requesting authorization, though he was released on bail on 23 March 2014.[2] He was rearrested and ordered released on bail again on 15 September 2014,[3] subsequently sentenced to a month of jail in absentia,[4] and received a five-year sentence in February 2015,[5] which he was released from in late March 2019. Abd El-Fattah remained subject to a five-year parole period, requiring him to stay at a police station for 12 hours daily, from evening until morning.[6] On 29 September, during the 2019 Egyptian protests, Abd El-Fattah was arrested by the National Security Agency and taken to State Security Prosecution on charges that were unknown as of 29 September 2019[update].[7] He was subsequently convicted of "spreading fake news" and jailed for five years. In April 2022 he began a hunger strike.