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Sarah Hegazi

1989 - 2020

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Sarah Hegazi (Arabic: سارة حجازي; 1 October 1989 – 14 June 2020; also rendered Hegazy or Higazy) was an Egyptian writer, LGBTQ activist, and socialist. She was arrested and imprisoned in Egypt for three months after waving a rainbow flag at a Mashrou' Leila concert in 2017 in Cairo. Hegazi subsequently suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of the torture she endured in prison. She committed suicide in June 2020. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2024). Sarah Hegazi is the 787th most popular social activist (down from 767th in 2024), the 600th most popular biography from Egypt (up from 610th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Egyptian Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Sarah Hegazi ranks 787 out of 840. Before her are Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, Inez Milholland, Hector Pieterson, Lina Ben Mhenni, Rouzan al-Najjar, and Kumi Naidoo. After her are Ayanda Denge, Suraya Pakzad, Aqeela Asifi, Adam Bodnar, Peter Tatchell, and Oliver Wood.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1989, Sarah Hegazi ranks 459. Before her are ManuElla, Carlos Zambrano, Aaron Hernandez, Iván Piris, Tom Bateman, and Eleftheria Eleftheriou. After her are Samanta Tīna, Rila Fukushima, Matthew Centrowitz Jr., André André, Lee Sang-hwa, and John-Patrick Smith. Among people deceased in 2020, Sarah Hegazi ranks 871. Before her are Trevor Cherry, Jole Santelli, Slade Gorton, Andy Gill, Lina Ben Mhenni, and Rudolfo Anaya. After her are Qasim al-Raymi, Armelia McQueen, Adam Schlesinger, Tom Forsyth, Stella Tennant, and Sei Ashina.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Sarah Hegazi ranks 600 out of 642. Before her are Ahmed El-Kass (1965), Mohamed Abdelwahab (1983), Ahmed Elmohamady (1987), Mostafa Mohamed (1997), Aliaa Magda Elmahdy (1991), and Murder of Marwa El-Sherbini (1978). After her are Ruby (1981), Tarek Soliman (1962), Hesham Yakan (1962), Ahmed Hegazi (1991), Omar Gaber (1992), and Ahmed Hassan Mahgoub (1993).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Egypt

Among social activists born in Egypt, Sarah Hegazi ranks 10. Before her are Ahmed Lutfi el-Sayed (1872), Maggie Gobran (1949), Asmaa Mahfouz (1985), Wael Ghonim (1980), Alaa Abd El-Fattah (1981), and Aliaa Magda Elmahdy (1991). After her are Mona Seif (1986), and Nadeen Ashraf (1998).

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