Aliaa el-Mahdi, a 20-year-old university student in Cairo, has found a very different way to celebrate the Arab spring.

一名20岁的开罗大学生aliaa el - Mahdi发现了一个不同的方式来庆祝阿拉伯的春天。

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Mr el Mahdi wants talks with the government based on the principle of a democratic, secular state.

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But for Mr el Mahdi, and some of his colleagues, secularism is akin to atheism, and self-determination equals secession which is no less sacrilegious.

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But then, astonishingly, Mr el Mahdi apologised for the attack.

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