CAIRO, Egypt โ Even from his cell in an Egyptian prison, Alaa Abdel-Fattah is blogging โ scribbling messages on slips of paper that make their way to the Internet and spread around the world.
The 24-year-old Abdel-Fattahโs blog, which he does with his wife Manal Hassan, has become one of the most popular pro-democracy voices in Egypt. He has continued writing despite being arrested in early May during a street demonstration in Cairo โ part of a crackdown on reform activists by Egyptian security forces.
โWe covered the walls of our cell with graffiti of our names and slogans and Web site addresses,โ Abdel-Fattah wrote one time, referring to himself and fellow imprisoned activists. โWe chanted and sang and the mood was great.โ
But another posting was very different. โIโm sitting here terrified theyโll move me to a worse cell or cut off my visits. What should I tell you โ that the day will come for them (the regime)? Iโm afraid our grandchildren wonโt see that day, much less us.โ





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