Eulogies for #AhmedMekkawy , nickname #linuxawy , of #EGLUG = #Egypt ian #Linux Users’ community, published in #MasrMadr [1].

Useful insight into #FOSS activism in Egypt before and through and after the 2011 #EgyptianRevolution and the 2013 el-Sisi coup, including FOSS pressure on govt ministries, and the #EgyptianAssociationForFreeAndOpenSoftware and the #ArabDigitalExpressionFoundation .

[1] https://www.madamasr.com/en/2025/11/15/feature/politics/linuxawy-lets-free-the-world