Asmaa Mahfouz

Asmaa Mahfouz (Egyptian Arabic: أسماء محفوظ, pronounced [ʔæsˈmæːʔ mɑħˈfuːz, ˈʔæsmæ-], born 1 February 1985) is an Egyptian activist and one of the founders of the April 6 Youth Movement. She has been credited by journalist Mona Eltahawy and others with helping to spark a mass uprising through her video blog posted one week before the start of the 2011 Egyptian revolution.She is a prominent member of Egypt's Coalition of the Youth of the Revolution and one of the leaders of the Egyptian revolution. Quotes If you stay home, you deserve all that’s being done to you, and you will be guilty before your nation and your people. International Journal of Communication We’ll go down and demand our rights, our fundamental human rights. Democracy Now Power belongs to the people, not to the thugs. Power is in unity, not in division. Democracy Now If you think yourself a man, come with me on January 25. timep.org External links Category:Women politicians in Egypt Category:Women activists from Egypt Category:Television presenters Category:Political activists Category:Women born in the 1960s Category:Living people