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Thursday November 17, 2011

Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, Egypt Activist, Poses Naked, Sparks Outrage “Nudity is strongly frowned upon in Egyptian society, even as an art form. Elmahdy’s posting is almost unheard of in a country where most women in the Muslim majority wear the headscarf and even those who don’t rarely wear clothes exposing the arms or legs in public. Elmahdy wrote on her blog that the photographs - which show her standing wearing only stockings - are “screams against a society of violence, racism, sexism, sexual harassment and hypocrisy.” “ For Elmahdy’s facebook page with photos click here.

Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, Egypt Activist, Poses Naked, Sparks Outrage

“Nudity is strongly frowned upon in Egyptian society, even as an art form. Elmahdy’s posting is almost unheard of in a country where most women in the Muslim majority wear the headscarf and even those who don’t rarely wear clothes exposing the arms or legs in public.

Elmahdy wrote on her blog that the photographs - which show her standing wearing only stockings - are “screams against a society of violence, racism, sexism, sexual harassment and hypocrisy.” “

For Elmahdy’s facebook page with photos click here.

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