Blasphemy is punishable in Egypt, for the "disrespect of religion" in the North African state people are arrested and sometimes imprisoned. One of them is the atheist Sherif Gaber.
The political activist and blogger, who was recently deprived of his passport, has given up hope for a normal life in his homeland. In a 13-minute video entitled "Help me leave Egypt", he asks his followers for help. Gaber is now collecting money to accept another nationality.
Please, help me escape Egypt.
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Meanwhile, thanks to the crowdfunding action more than 12,000 dollars have come together. The Egyptian, whose age is estimated at 25, allegedly needs at least $ 100,000, in order to assume about the nationality of the Caribbean island of Dominica.
Recently, the government refused to allow him to leave the country again and again, although in the past he had not incurred anything, according to Gaber. In 2018 he was stopped at the airport on the way to Malaysia. The blogger speaks in the video of depression.
Gaber has been shooting and publishing religious and Islam-critical videos for years. These have titles like "Does God exist?" or "evolution and religion are incompatible." Because of the content he has been arrested several times since 2013.
Read more about the fight against non-believers in Egypt.