Sarah Hegazi (Arabic: سارة حجازي‎; 1989 – June 13, 2020), also spelled Hegazy or Higazy, was an Egyptian lesbian activist.[1][2] She was arrested, imprisoned and tortured in prison in Egypt for three months after flying a rainbow flag at a Mashrou' Leila concert in 2017 in Cairo.[3] Hegazi lived with PTSD resulting from the prison torture she had experienced in Egypt. She successfully claimed asylum in Canada, living there until her death.[4][5][6][7][8][9][10]