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Majed el-Shafie is the president and founder of One Free World International (OFWI), an international human rights organization which advocates for religious minorities and is based in Toronto, Canada.

He is a former Egyptian Muslim who converted to Christianity and was tortured and condemned to death in Egypt.^[1][2]

Early life and career

Shafie was born as a Muslim in Cairo.

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After converting to Christianity, el-Shafie was arrested in 1998 and taken to the Abu Zaabal Prison in Cairo, where he was tortured. After receiving the death penalty, he managed to escape Egypt by driving a stolen jet-ski from Taba in Sinai to nearby Eilat, Israel.^[1] Shafie was arrested in Israel, but eventually released through the assistance of the United Nations and additional organizations, which helped him to obtain political asylum in Canada.

In 2002, he settled in Canada, and in 2006 became a Canadian citizen.^[1][3]

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