Maikel Nabil Sanad

Maikel Nabil Sanad
Maikel Nabil (left) in an interview with Tom Gross at the Geneva Summit in 2012
Born (1985-10-01) 1 October 1985
Asyut, Egypt
NationalityEgyptian
Known forPolitical activism, blogging, leader of No to Compulsory Military Service Movement

Maikel Nabil Sanad (also transcribed as Michael  Egyptian Arabic: مايكل نبيل سند, IPA: [ˈmɑjkel næˈbiːl ˈsænæd]; born 1 October 1985) is an Egyptian political activist, blogger, and a former political prisoner. He became famous in 2010 for refusing to serve in the Egyptian army, then in 2011 for his role in the Egyptian revolution.

Nabil is the first Egyptian blogger to be arrested solely for his opinion. He is known for promoting liberal democratic values in Egypt, and campaigning for peaceful relations between Egypt and Israel. Nabil has called himself Egypt's "only" pro-Israel activist. He currently lives in exile in the United States.

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