April 6 Youth Movement denies that feminist blogger Aliaa Magda Elmahdy who posed naked in her blog last month is a member of the revolutionary group. The Egyptian uprising and its aftermath have created strange bedfellows, like all revolutions do. Some of them, like the Salafi Wahhabis and the Gulf-based Shaikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, joined late and may now have more influence than the secular youth who braved the bullets and the torture and the baltagiya.
The April 6 Youth Movement, a leading force behind the January 25 Revolution, has denied reports that a young Egyptian blogger who posted nude photographs of herself online is a member of the group, Ahram Online has recently reported.
Aliaa Magda Elmahdy apparently thought she was striking a blow for sexual equality and free expression in Egypt when she posted nude photographs of herself on a blog. Instead Ms. Elmahdy set off a wave of outrage here, stoking conservative Islamist sentiments that many liberals fear will undermine their prospects in the country's parliamentary election next week.
The April 6 Youth Movement’s official statement on Tuesday followed reports by Al-Arabiya news that alleged El-Mahdy was a member of the movement....CONTINUE READING FULL REPORT HERE ON SOURCE:
The April 6 Youth Movement, a leading force behind the January 25 Revolution, has denied reports that a young Egyptian blogger who posted nude photographs of herself online is a member of the group, Ahram Online has recently reported.
Aliaa Magda Elmahdy apparently thought she was striking a blow for sexual equality and free expression in Egypt when she posted nude photographs of herself on a blog. Instead Ms. Elmahdy set off a wave of outrage here, stoking conservative Islamist sentiments that many liberals fear will undermine their prospects in the country's parliamentary election next week.
The April 6 Youth Movement’s official statement on Tuesday followed reports by Al-Arabiya news that alleged El-Mahdy was a member of the movement....CONTINUE READING FULL REPORT HERE ON SOURCE:
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