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ibaghdadi
10-19-2011, 05:42 AM
Remember Asmaa Mahfouz (http://bit.ly/r4iaEv)?

She's the young woman who had been protesting against Mubarak since 2008, and on Jan 18th (a week before the Egyptian revolution) made a video that went viral and pulled thousands of young men & women to the streets. The rest was history.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgjIgMdsEuk

She's been in trouble with Egypt's ruling interim military government, whom she accused repeatedly of working to undermine the revolution and delay handing over power to a civilian government. They brought her up on charges before a military court, but later dropped the charges after massive public outcry.

Since the revolution, there has been a continuous smear campaign against her, to the point that many are afraid for her life. About a week ago she was attacked in public by an unnamed assailant.

Asmaa will be in Virginia for 3 days starting tomorrow. I'd really appreciate if someone could arrange some coverage or events for her while she's in town. A nice Ron Paul primer would be nice, would love to get her on with the message!