Bothaina camel
Bothaina camel ; Arabic بثينة كامل; (Born April 18, 1962 in Cairo ) is an Egyptian television presenter, activist and politician of the Kifaja movement. She has long served as an advocate for democracy, so her professional career has been marked by repeated conflicts with the authorities. She announced her candidacy for the 2012 presidential election in Egypt .
Life
Kamel hosted a popular Egyptian radio program called "Nightime Confessions" from 1992 to 1998. She later worked as a new television presenter for Egyptian state television and hosted the show “Please Understand Me” on the Saudi- owned Orbit satellite TV network . In every transmission she met official resistance: "Confessions" was deleted after protests by Muslim conservatives. Not wanting to be involved in the propaganda for the presidential and parliamentary elections in 2005 , she left Egyptian state television. “Understand Me” was also discontinued by the Saudi producers when it was feared that coverage of the 2011 revolution in Egypt could also affect Saudi Arabian interests.
Political activities and positions
Bothaina Kamel appeared repeatedly at pro-democracy meetings and formed an election observation group in 2005. She took to the streets during the 2011 revolution in Egypt and took part in the protests in Tahrir Square .
Kamel is a self-declared social democrat and is politically officially non-party and independent. As a Muslim , she campaigns against sectarianism and supports the equal treatment of Coptic and Muslim places of worship. It also advocates the lawful punishment of people who incite religious violence. She wears a crescent moon and a cross as a necklace and criticizes the military for the religious conflicts that broke out after the revolution. Kamel is in favor of lowering the minimum age of parliamentarians from 30 to 22 so that young people can participate in the political formation of the country.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g Abdalla F. Hassan: Muslim Woman Seeks Egyptian Presidency . In: New York Times , June 15, 2011.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Camel, Bothaina |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | بثينة كامل (Arabic) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Egyptian democracy activist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 18, 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cairo , Egypt |