Her blog has received 1. The posting comes at a time when Egypt, a nation of some 85 million people, is polarised between Islamists and liberals ahead of parliamentary elections on 28 November, the first since the fall in February of president Hosni Mubarak. Some people liked his comment, while thousands flooded the site with insults. Her move comes as Salafis have been pushing their attitude that women should be kept out of the public eye, promoting Saudi Arabia-style segregation of the sexes. During a recent election rally in Alexandria, Salafists covered up a public statue that depicted mermaids. Salafi clerics on TV shows have refused to appear face-to-face with female TV hosts, unless the presenter puts on a headscarf or in one case, a barrier is placed between the two.

Skip to content. An Egyptian female activist sparked an intense online debate over the limits of personal expression in art this week, following the discovery of nude photos the woman took and posted to her blog. The young revolutionary's photos were apparently discovered earlier this week by a Twitter user , who called them "brave. In one of the pics, Elmahdy is standing with her right foot perched one the bottom rung of a wooden stool. She is wearing lacy, thigh-high black stockings, red slippers - and nothing else. The second photo is a three-part collage of the first, with yellow strips censoring out her crotch, mouth and eyes. Female nudity, especially in public, is taboo in Egypt.

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CAIRO: Egyptian authorities have launched an investigation into images said to show a naked couple who scaled the Great Pyramid that has sparked outrage in the conservative Muslim country, an official said Tuesday. Hvid says the video was taken in late November but it was published on YouTube on December 8. A photograph released by Hvid appears to show the couple completely naked on top of each other while looking in the direction of a nearby pyramid with the horizon illuminated.