21 Facts About Gigi Ibrahim

Gigi Ibrahim is an Egyptian-American citizen journalist and activist.

Gigi Ibrahim graduated from high school in 2005, attending Orange Coast College at first before transferring to The American University in Cairo in 2008.

Gigi Ibrahim became involved with the Revolutionary Socialists organization and graduated in 2010 with a degree in political science.

Gigi Ibrahim became an organizer of the protests in 2011 and used Twitter to document events that took place during the revolution.

Gigi Ibrahim later co-founded a shoe manufacturing company in Cairo.

Gigi Ibrahim was born in Long Beach, California to Egyptian parents in 1986 or 1987.

Gigi Ibrahim enrolled in a local Catholic school as a freshman.

The experience led Gigi Ibrahim to realize that her life was going to be different because she was Muslim and Egyptian.

Gigi Ibrahim became involved in a group that advocated for the rights of illegal immigrants to the United States in response to what she saw as discriminatory enforcement of immigration law by local police officers, and was involved in pro-Palestinian activism.

Gigi Ibrahim graduated Cornelia Connelly High School in 2005, and then attended Orange Coast College.

Gigi Ibrahim transferred to The American University in Cairo in 2008 at the age of 22, where she became involved in the local politics of Egypt and participated in protests throughout 2009 and 2010.

Gigi Ibrahim graduated in 2010 with a degree in political science.

Gigi Ibrahim told Al Jazeera that her political activism began when she started talking to people who were involved in the labour movement, and that her family was uncomfortable with her going to protests.

Gigi Ibrahim became involved in the Egyptian revolution of 2011 as an organizer, additionally engaging in citizen journalism by using social media including Twitter while attending protests "to spread accurate information and paint a picture at the ground".

Gigi Ibrahim's tweets helped to document arrests and state violence for human rights groups.

In October 2011, Gigi Ibrahim reported that she had been briefly arrested while filming a strike action by public transport workers in Cairo, and was released after agreeing to delete her footage.

Gigi Ibrahim became a face of the events in Egypt for much of the media.

Gigi Ibrahim regularly appeared on CNN, sometimes live from the 2011 protests, and additionally reported live from the protests on Al Jazeera.

Gigi Ibrahim manages advertising, public relations and sales for the company, which is named after the traditional balgha.

The shoes are designed through collaboration with indigenous groups in various regions of Egypt and manufactured in multiple workshops across the country, using exclusively Egyptian materials and labor; Gigi Ibrahim cited the decline of traditional craftsmanship resulting from the increase in mass-produced items as a major factor in the creation of Bulga.

Gigi Ibrahim has a United States passport and could leave Egypt.