Esraa Abdel Fattah organized protests, spent time in jail
(NEWSER) - She spent weeks in jail after organizing a key strike to protest the government; now, the Egyptian woman once known as “Facebook Girl” is up for the Nobel Peace Prize. But it’s not about her, Esraa Abdel Fattah tells the Christian Science Monitor . “If I win this, if any Egyptian wins this prize, it will be for Egypt's revolution. It's for the Egyptians in the street.” Amid post-revolutionary turmoil, it’s a victory Egypt’s activists could use, the Monitor notes. More»
