If you think OWS'ers are brave, check out this fine atheist gal in Egypt...

[LAGC]

Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- Egyptian blogger Aliaa Magda Elmahdy has become a household name in the Middle East and sparked a global uproar after a friend posted a photo of her naked on Twitter.

The photo, which the 20-year-old former student first posted on her blog, shows her naked apart from a pair of thigh-high stockings and some red patent leather shoes.

It was later posted on Twitter with the hashtag #nudephotorevolutionary. The tweet was viewed over a million times, while Elmahdy's followers jumped from a few hundred to more than 14,000.

Her actions have received global media coverage and provoked outrage in Egypt, a conservative Muslim country where most women wear the veil. Many liberals fear that Elmahdy's actions will hurt their prospects in the parliamentary election next week.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/19/world/meast/nude-blogger-aliaa-magda-elmahdy/index.html?hpt=hp_t2

This young woman is begging for a death warrant. We think we have it bad with protesters getting pepper-sprayed, police over there flat out KILL you for daring to express yourself over there... talk about heroics!

As the Arab Spring turns into the Arab Winter, lets not forget about all those folks who are really putting their lives on the line, risking everything for the hope of freedom...

[Demonaut]

1. can we post the unedited pic I found?

damn puritans

[LAGC]

2. Just make sure you label it "NSFW."

:evilgrin:

[izquierdista]

4. Google really is your friend.

I think the red shoes are a nice touch.

[villager]

5. Liked the red shoes myself.

;-)

[Ken Burch]

3. Dude, the Occupy movement was INSPIRED by the Arab Spring.

None of us have ever failed to give those heroes their due.

The premise of this thread is totally bogus, since it calls out a double standard that NOBODY holds.

[struggle4progress]

6. ... CNN: The press has labeled you a revolutionary but you were not in Tahrir Square

during the 18 days of the revolution in February this year. Is there a political element to you posing nude?

Elmahdy: I was never into politics. I first joined the protests on May 27th because I felt the need to participate and decided I might be able to change the future of Egypt and refused to remain silent. I made it clear that I was not part of April 6th Movement (an Egyptian political group that came to prominence during the revolution) after the rumors were spread by remnants of Mubarak's National Democratic Party who wanted to capitalize on the reaction to the photo.

What shocked me is April 6th's statement clarifying that Aliaa Magda Elmahdy is not part of their organization and how they don't accept "atheism." Where is the democracy and liberalism they preach to the world? They only feed what the public wants to hear for their political ambitions ...

Egyptian blogger Aliaa Elmahdy: Why I posed naked
By Mohamed Fadel Fahmy for CNN
November 20, 2011 -- Updated 0326 GMT (1126 HKT)
http://edition.cnn.com/2011/11/19/world/meast/nude-blogger-aliaa-magda-elmahdy/