Mona Eltahawy, 45, the Egyptian-born activist who was arrested for defacing an anti-Muslim subway ad that called the enemies of Israel “savages,” was freed yesterday after she spray painted the offensive ad in a NYC subway.

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According to the New York Post, Eltahawy said:

“It was pink to match my pink raincoat [and] because pink is the least violent color of all.”

Eltahawy was arraigned in Manhattan on misdemeanor charges of criminal mischief, making graffiti and possession of a graffiti instrument. She is due back in court on Nov. 30.

Eltahawy — whom The Post videotaped spray-painting one of the ads in Times Square — was one of five people arrested in Manhattan Tuesday for allegedly defacing the subway signs. The other four — Leena Widdi, 19, Sherry Wolf, 47, Kenneth Chan, 22, and Emmanuel Pardilla, 21 — were caught obscuring an ad in the 49th Street N/R/Q station, cops said. They were charged with violating local law and unlawful posting of an advertisement. They all received summonses. Unlike Eltahawy — who got a small amount of spray paint on a woman who tried to stop her from defacing the ads — the others were not detained overnight. Eltahawy’s lawyer, Stanley Cohen, said his client was singled out because of the controversy around the ads, which went up on Monday in 10 subway stations. As for Eltahawy, she said of her vandalism arrest and overnight holding-cell stay, “It was longer than I was held in Egypt during the uprising last year.”

Shout out to Eltahawy for standing up for what she believes in and doing the right thing.

SOURCE: NYP

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