Abdel Fattah, whose father was a prominent human rights lawyer and whose mother is a professor and activist, has spent years in and out of prison under multiple Egyptian governments. He was jailed for 45 days in 2006 after joining an anti-government protest, and detained again in 2011 when he became active in the movement that ultimately forced President Hosni Mubarak to step down. The latter protests came amid a wave of demonstrations against autocratic governments across the Arab world.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 20, 2021 18:22 UTC