Israa Abdel Fattah

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Israa Abdel Fattah

Israa Abdel Fattah , (in English spelling) also Esraa Abdel Fattah ( Arabic إسراء عبد الفتاح, DMG Isrāʾ ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ; * 1981 ) is an Egyptian political internet activist and co-founder of the Youth Movement of April 6 and Vice President of the Egyptian Democratic Akademy .

Life

Israa Abdel Fattah, who works as a personnel clerk, became acquainted with the engineer Ahmed Maher in the 2005 election campaign of the al-Ghad party . Together with him, she founded a group on Facebook in 2008 to support a strike planned for April 6 in the Misr spinning and weaving mill in the city of Mahalla al-Kubra . In connection with this, both called for a general strike because of rising food prices . There were demonstrations in Mahalla al-Kubra in which at least two participants were killed by police. Israa Abdel Fattah was arrested and released from prison after over two weeks. She then initially withdrew from political work.

The April 6 Youth Movement , however, continued to exist and was one of the initiators of the 2011 revolution in Egypt , in whose coordination Israa Abdel Fattah took part again and became the movement's international spokesperson. As a result, she was briefly arrested again in January 2011.

In March 2011, activists of the Egyptian Revolution stormed the State Security building and saved documents from destruction. A dossier about Israa Abdel Fattah was discovered that contained parts of her e-mail correspondence and transcripts of tapped phone calls.

Nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize

According to Kristian Berg Harpviken , director of the Norwegian Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Israa Abdel Fattah was nominated for the 2011 Nobel Peace Prize as one of the representatives of the Arab Spring . He highlighted her role in mobilizing for the protests in Egypt and her commitment to non-violence.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Florian Rötzer: Telepolis on May 2, 2008: Facebook revolution in Egypt? Retrieved October 6, 2011 .
  2. ↑ Lena Jakat: Süddeutsche Zeitung on January 31, 2011: The children of April 6 and the day of the decision. Retrieved October 6, 2011 .
  3. ↑ Julian Borger; Angelique Chrisafis; Luke Harding ; Miriam Elder: The Guardian on October 6, 2011: Nobel peace prize: the contenders. Retrieved October 6, 2011 .
  4. ^ The New York Times on March 9, 2011: Egyptians Get View of Extent of Spying. Retrieved October 31, 2011 .
  5. ↑ Mc .Clatchy 7 March 2011: Egypt faces new turmoil: Looted state security files. Retrieved October 31, 2011 .
  6. ↑ PRIO website: PRIO Director's Nobel Peace Prize Speculations 2011. Accessed October 6, 2011 .
  7. ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung online on October 6, 2011: Candidates for the 2011 award - women, Facebook, Nobel Peace Prize. Retrieved October 6, 2011 .
personal data
SURNAME Fattah, Israa Abdel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Egyptian internet activist and co-founder of the April 6th Youth Movement
DATE OF BIRTH 1981