Mahienour El-Massry

Mahienour El-Massry (Arabic: ماهينور المصري, born 7 January 1986 in Alexandria) is an Egyptian human rights lawyer and political activist from Alexandria,who has been engaged on the activist scene in the coastal city since the mid-2000s, and was arrested on 22 September 2019. El-Masry was released in July 2021. Quotes Down with this classist society. Writing from Damanhour Women's Prison after her imprisonment, Mahienour El-Massry reflects on the social inequalities she witnessed among prisoners, arguing that many women were imprisoned because of poverty and economic hardship. I am a human being who believes in the revolution. In an interview discussing her activism, Mahienour describes her identity not only as a lawyer and human rights defender but as someone committed to the goals and values of the Egyptian revolution. We started to take action. Mahienour describes the beginning of her political activism with young people in Alexandria and the gradual development of youth movements demanding social and political change. There was not a single struggle that was off limits for Mahienour. This quotation describes the wide range of causes Mahienour supported, including human rights, workers' rights, women's rights, legal aid, opposition to police brutality, and support for vulnerable communities. I do not know much about what is going on outside. Beginning a prison letter, Mahienour explains her isolation after sentencing while reflecting on how activists outside might be responding to her imprisonment. External links Category:Women activists from Egypt Category:Lawyers from Egypt Category:Women in law Category:Political activists Category:Human rights activists Category:1986 births Category:Women born in the 1980s Category:Living people