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Egypt legacies11/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Soueif, 64, has remained fearless over the years, despite the crackdown against dissidents during the eras of late president Anwar Sadat, late ousted president Hosni Mubarak and the current regime of President Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi. Their legacy of resistance, passed on by their father and maintained by their mother, has inspired a whole generation.ĭubbed by activists and revolutionaries as "the mother of prisoners," Soueif has maintained the legacy of her late husband, becoming a rights activist herself at the age of 16, even before joining college, then later an advocate for the right of academic independence through the September 9 movement. The family of Seif, his wife, mathematics professor Laila Soueif, his daughters Sanaa, 27, Mona, 34, and his son Alaa, 39, were among the most prominent voices before, during and after the January 25 uprising. The Seif family, ordinary Egyptians, have confronted oppressive regimes over the decades with extraordinary strength, challenging a security apparatus which has made them pay dearly – sometimes with years behind bars.
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