{"id":8773,"date":"2025-09-23T16:23:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T15:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/?p=8773"},"modified":"2025-09-23T16:23:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-23T15:23:49","slug":"alaa-abd-el-fattah-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/virtuallyislamic.com\/vi2023\/2025\/09\/23\/alaa-abd-el-fattah-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Alaa Abd El-Fattah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Updated. Some positive (and overdue) news about Alaa Abdel Fattah&#8217;s release from prison:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lzifszuqbk2a\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreif3jrqttpt7behxm7kfmy4kiz37ylh2sl6x5the5sawz63xkzxi4a\" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=\"system\"><p lang=\"en\">British-Egyptian activist reunited with family after release from prison www.bbc.com\/news\/article&#8230;<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3lzifszuqbk2a?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary R. Bunt (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5?ref_src=embed\">@garyrbunt.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3lzifszuqbk2a?ref_src=embed\">23 September 2025 at 08:33<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lzgnaxfur22y\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreihjljrgvd4f2mhbsre6xpof4sy56ysdynm7hyfsu5t3h5ag3tbpla\" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=\"system\"><p lang=\"en\">Egypt&#x27;s president pardons British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah www.bbc.com\/news\/article&#8230;<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3lzgnaxfur22y?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Gary R. Bunt (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5?ref_src=embed\">@garyrbunt.bsky.social<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:sgdlvu6ir5hlaxdl3uyd5jx5\/post\/3lzgnaxfur22y?ref_src=embed\">22 September 2025 at 15:40<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"bluesky-embed\" data-bluesky-uri=\"at:\/\/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3lzgpzpxyfv22\" data-bluesky-cid=\"bafyreidoviqb2atttxgn4nbhjplims6vranhx5uh7gyjnzbu56jujayqsy\" data-bluesky-embed-color-mode=\"system\"><p lang=\"\">He was arrested in 2019 in Egypt and sentenced in 2021 to five years in jail for \u201cspreading false news\u201d.<br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2\/post\/3lzgpzpxyfv22?ref_src=embed\">[image or embed]<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Al Jazeera English (<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2?ref_src=embed\">@aljazeera.com<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/did:plc:2lofqead276vtc5647ye7sl2\/post\/3lzgpzpxyfv22?ref_src=embed\">22 September 2025 at 16:30<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/embed.bsky.app\/static\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated. Some positive (and overdue) news about Alaa Abdel Fattah&#8217;s release from prison: British-Egyptian activist reunited with family after release from prison www.bbc.com\/news\/article&#8230; [image or embed] &mdash; Gary R. Bunt (@garyrbunt.bsky.social) 23 September 2025 at 08:33 Egypt&#x27;s president pardons British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abdel Fattah www.bbc.com\/news\/article&#8230; [image or embed] &mdash; Gary R. 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