Ahmed Maher (politician)
Ahmed Maher ( Arabic أحمد ماهر, DMG Aḥmad Māhir ; * December 2, 1980 in Alexandria ), alongside Israa Abdel Fattah, is one of the founders of the April 6 youth movement and a prominent participant in the 2011 revolution in Egypt .
Life
He worked for a construction company in Cairo . After April 6, 2008, he organized several demonstrations. However, his efforts were hampered by the Egyptian security forces and internal differences within the movement. In June 2010 he helped organize a protest against the murder of blogger Khaled Said . Maher supported a possible presidency of Mohammed el-Baradei .
After the Egyptian military coup in July 2013, triggering a state crisis , Maher and two other activists of the movement were sentenced to three years in prison in December 2013 for violating the right to demonstrate.
swell
- Esam Al-Amin: From Counter-Attack to Departure Day. Mubarak's Last Gasps , February 4, 2011
- David Wolman: Did Egypt Detain a Top Facebook Activist? , Wired , February 2, 2011
- CyberDissidents.org, Ahmed Maher
- Sherif Mansour: Egypt's Facebook showdown , Los Angeles Times , June 2, 2008
- David Wolman: Cairo Activists Use Facebook to Rattle Regime , Wired, July 23, 2008
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Profile of Ahmed Maher, (accessed February 8, 2011)
Web links
- Interview with Ahmed Maher from the April 6th Movement: Ahmed Shafik's victory would be the end of the revolution
- awhispertoaroar.com: Egyptian Activists
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin Gehlen: Three opponents of Mubarak condemned . Tagesspiegel, December 22, 2013, accessed April 28, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Maher, Ahmed |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Egyptian co-founder of the April 6th Youth Movement |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd December 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Alexandria |