Aya Hijazi
Aya Hijazi (also: Hegazy, Higazi; Arabic: آية حجازي) is an Egyptian-American charity worker and social activist. Together with her husband she founded an NGO "Belady Foundation" to support child political prisoners in Egypt. Hijazi, her husband and five other Belady members were imprisoned in Cairo from 2014 until 2017, when the Cairo Criminal Court found them innocent.
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Belady foundation Aya Hijazi talks about her experience as a political prisoner, 2018 | |
| Born | Aya Hijazi 23 January 1987 |
| Education | Masters in Public Administration Candidate, Harvard University BA in Conflict Resolution |
| Alma mater | George Mason University Harvard University |
| Known for | Belady Foundation for Street Children Imprisonment in Egypt 2014–2017 |
| Spouse | Mohamed Hassanien |
| Website | http://belady-ih.org/ |
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