Alaa Abd El-Fattah
Alaa Ahmed Seif Abd-El Fattah (Arabic: علاء أحمد سيف الإسلام عبد الفتاح, IPA: [ʕæˈlæːʔ ˈæħmæd ˈseːf ʕæbdelfatˈtæːħ]; born 18 November 1981), known professionally as Alaa Abd El-Fattah (Arabic: علاء عبد الفتاح), is an Egyptian-British blogger, software developer and a political activist. He has been active in developing Arabic-language versions of software and platforms.
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Abd El-Fattah in 2008 | |
| Born | علاء أحمد سيف إلاسلام عبد الفتاح 18 November 1981 |
| Nationality | Egyptian, British |
| Citizenship | Egyptian citizenship, British citizenship - dual citizenship |
| Spouse | Manal Bahey El-Din Hassan (div. 2019) |
| Children | 1 son |
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He was imprisoned in Egypt for allegedly organising a political protest without requesting authorization, though he was released on bail on 23 March 2014. He was rearrested and ordered released on bail again on 15 September 2014, subsequently sentenced to a month of jail in absentia, and received a five-year sentence in February 2015, which he was released from in late March 2019. Abd El-Fattah remained subject to a five-year parole period, requiring him to stay at a police station for 12 hours daily, from evening until morning. On 29 September, during the 2019 Egyptian protests, Abd El-Fattah was arrested by the National Security Agency and taken to State Security Prosecution on charges that were unknown as of 29 September 2019. He was subsequently convicted of "spreading fake news" and jailed for five years. In April 2022 he began a hunger strike.