5 quotes by Sarah Hegazi (-2020), Egyptian (IT Specialist)

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Sarah Hegazi

Here in Canada, I haven't people, I haven't family, I haven't friends. So I'm not happy here.

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Home is not land and borders. It's about people you love.

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All I dream of is to be able to leave Egypt. If I found out I was banned from traveling, I won't let them imprison me.

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Prison killed me. It destroyed me.

Sarah Hegazi

The sky is more beautiful than earth, and I want the sky, not earth.

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Sarah Hegazi

Born:
Died: June 14, 2020
Nationality: Egyptian
Profession: IT Specialist

Biography

Sarah Hegazi, also spelled Hegazy or Higazy, was an Egyptian socialist, writer, and lesbian activist. She was arrested, imprisoned and tortured in prison in Egypt for three months after flying a rainbow flag at a Mashrou' Leila concert in 2017 in Cairo. Hegazi lived with PTSD resulting from the prison torture she had experienced in Egypt. She was granted asylum in Canada, living there until her death.

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