Egyptian Blogger Poses Nude via Twitter to Protest Islamic Extremism

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES
By Gianluca Mezzofiore

By Cheb Makhlouf

EGYPT - An Egyptian blogger posed naked in a series of pictures published on Twitter under her real name sparking mixed reactions among her followers. Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, only 20 years old and a student at the American University of Cairo, defines herself as "Secular, Liberal, Feminist, Vegetarian, Individualist Egyptian". Elmahdy posted eight naked pictures on her blog under the title "fan a'ry'" (naked art). In some pictures, she appears with yellow bands covering her private parts. She explains that "the yellow rectangles on my eyes, mouth and sex organ resemble the censoring of our knowledge, expression and sexuality." [link]