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The photo is an expression of my being and I see the human body as the best artistic representation of that.

— Aliaa Magda Elmahdy

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They are afraid that I might influence others and change the position of women in Egyptian society.

I have never seen a man exercise the freedom to wear a veil.

Many men who claim to oppose sexual harassment join campaign organisations simply to get laid.

I am not shy of being a woman in a society where women are nothing but sex objects harassed on a daily basis by men who know nothing about sex or the importance of a woman.

My body belongs to me first. It belongs neither to my parents nor to my boyfriend. I do what I want with it.

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