Alaa Abd El-Fatah

Alaa Abd El-Fatah

Alaa Ahmed Abd El-Fatah ( _ar. علاء أحمد سيف الإسلام عبدالفتاح) is a prominent Egyptian , software developer, and democracy activist. He is known for co-founding (along with wife Manal) the Egyptian blog aggregator "Manalaa" [ [http://www.manalaa.net/ Manalaa.net] ] . He has been active in developing Arabic-language versions of important software and platforms [ [http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/001773.html Worldchanging essay] "Arabization - It's Harder than just Right to Left" December 2004] .

His father, Ahmad Seif, is a prominent lawyer and manager of Hesham Mubarak Law Centre, and his mother, Prof. Laila Suief, is a mathematics professor in Cairo University and a political activist.

May 2006 arrest and outcry

On Sunday, May 7 2006, he was arrested during a peaceful protest which spoke out on behalf of an independent Egyptian judiciary. His arrest, along with that of several other bloggers and democracy activists, spurred a protest by others around the world, some of whom created a new blog, "Free Alaa" [ [http://freealaa.blogspot.com/ Freealaa blog] ] , devoted to calling for his release from jail. [ [http://www.sandmonkey.org/2006/05/09/help-us-free-alaa/ Sandmonkey blog] ]

45 days in jail

Alaa Abd El-Fatah was released on Tuesday June 20, 2006, after spending 45 days in jail. His wife Manal was quoted as saying in media reports (The Independent, UK): "There's no going back now, we'll definitely be continuing our activities."

References

External links

# Information on the attack on activists:
#* [http://www.guardian.co.uk/egypt/story/0,,1770311,00.html Guardian article] on the arrests
#* (http://www.anhri.net/en/reports/2006/pr0507-2.shtml)
# Actions taken for the release of Alaa:
#* [http://www.hamsaweb.com/alaa Petition page]
#* [http://sabbah.biz/mt/archives/2006/05/09/google-bombing-action-for-alaa/alaa Google bombing for Alaa]
#* [http://www.kitab.nl/2006/05/09/free-alaa/ Flash animation]
#* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/alif/tags/%D8%B9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A1/ Banners free Alaa]


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