Sanaa Seif is an Egyptian activist and film editor who became actively involved in the Egyptian revolution in 2011.
18 Facts About Sanaa Seif
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Sanaa Seif was a student of language and translation at October 6 University until her arrest in 2014.
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Sanaa Seif was granted a presidential pardon, along with 100 others, in September 2015.
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Sanaa Seif is a political activist and film editor from Egypt.
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Sanaa Seif belongs to a well known and very politically active family.
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Sanaa Seif's father Ahmed Seif was an activist and human rights attorney until his death in 2014.
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Sanaa Seif's mother, Laila Soueif, is a professor at Cairo University and political activist promoting academic freedom in Egypt.
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Sanaa Seif's sister Mona Seif is a genetics researcher and political activist responsible for co-founding an Egyptian movement against military trials of civilians.
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Sanaa Seif began her activism in 2011 during the height of revolutionary protests in Egypt.
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Since her initial involvement in the Arab Spring, Sanaa Seif has been very active in protest movements and human rights issues.
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Sanaa Seif's image has become a symbol to revolutionaries who respect her political and human rights work and see her as a revolutionary spirit.
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On 21 June 2014, twenty-three men and women, including Sanaa Seif, were arrested outside of the presidential palace in Cairo for protesting the Egyptian protest law.
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In March 2021, Sanaa Seif was sentenced to a year and a half in prison and had the right to appeal within 60 days.
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On 28 August 2014, Sanaa Seif underwent a hunger strike with several other women prisoners to protest the Protest and Public Assembly Law.
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Sanaa Seif has become a symbol of the revolution through her activist work.
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Sanaa Seif has been highly involved on the ground since attending the protest in response to Khaled Said's beating and death at the hands of the Egyptian police.
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Sanaa Seif was actively involved with the documentary film The Square.
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Sanaa Seif worked on the production and editing team in number of films, including:.