Aliaa Magda Elmahdy, a blogger in Egypt has become a household name in the Middle East, but not for blogging, for posting a nude photo on Twitter.

The photo, which the 20-year-old former student first posted on her blog, shows her naked apart from a pair of thigh-high stockings and some red patent leather shoes.

Elmahdy includes the caption “[the photo] screams against a society of violence, racism, sexism, sexual harassment and hypocrisy.”

Needless to say, she became a Twitter trend under the hashtag #nudephotorevolutionary.

Her actions have received global media coverage and provoked outrage in Egypt, a conservative Muslim country where most women wear the veil. Many liberals fear that Elmahdy’s actions will hurt their prospects in the parliamentary election next week.

The 20-year-old activist gave CNN an exclusive interview about the motivation behind the nude photographs and her continued fight for freedom.

Why did you post a photo of yourself nude photo on Twitter, and why the red high heels and black stockings?

“After my photo was removed from Facebook, a male friend of mine asked me if he may post it on Twitter. I accepted because I am not shy of being a woman in a society where women are nothing but sex objects harassed on a daily basis by men who know nothing about sex or the importance of a woman.

The photo is an expression of my being and I see the human body as the best artistic representation of that. I took the photo myself using a timer on my personal camera. The powerful colors black and red inspire me.”

For the record, I’m not showing you jack sh#t! haha!

See the NSFW photo after the jump!

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