Shaimaa al-Sabbagh

Shaimaa al-Sabbagh
شيماء الصباغ
Born1984
Alexandria, Egypt
Died(2015-01-24)January 24, 2015
Cairo, Egypt
Cause of deathShot by police
OccupationsPoet
Human rights activist
Years active2011–2015
Political partySocialist Popular Alliance Party
SpouseOsama el-Sahli
Children1

Shaimaa al-Sabbagh (Arabic: شيماء الصباغ; January 1984 – 24 January 2015) was an Egyptian poet and human rights activist. A prominent member of the Socialist Popular Alliance Party, she participated in demonstrations during and after the 2011 Egyptian revolution. Al-Sabbagh was killed during a demonstration to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the revolution in 2015, which led to her being given the title Martyr of the Rose (شهيدة الورد, Shahīdat al-Ward) among activists and reformers.

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