Rabat- Egypt’s FEMEN Alia Elmahdy has stirred worldwide controversy after a picture posing nude while defecating and menstruating on the flag of the Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIS) went viral on social network sites.
On Saturday, Egypt’s 23-year-old Alia Elmahdy, living in Norway, posted a controversial photo to Facebook and Twitter of herself and another female nude and defecating and menstruating on the Islamic State flag.
In the picture, Alia is seen naked in a squatting position while allegedly menstruating on the flag, whereas the other unnamed woman seen turning her back to the viewers, dressed a burqa while defecating on ISIS’ flag and raising her middle finger.
Alia did not reveal the rationale behind posting the picture. Still, some Egyptian media outlets claimed that she was trying to use ISIS’s social media tactics against them.
Alia’s photo has gone viral on social networking, sparking a flash point controversy. A few days after posting the controversial picture, Alia received a wave of international media attention, as well as harsh criticism.
On Monday, Alia reportedly received a death threat. According to Mada Masr, Alia wrote on her Twitter account that she and the unnamed woman received death threats such as “Inshallah, your throat will be slit in the streets within days.”