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Family members and friends carry the coffin of Marwa Sherbini, 31, at her funeral in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria July 6, 2009. Sherbini was stabbed to death inside a German courtroom by a 28 year old attacker, Axel W., who had been previously convicted of insulting her religion. Newspapers in Egypt have expressed outrage over the attack and have dubbed her the "martyr of the hijab" and "headscarf martyr."

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Egyptian "headscarf martyr" Buried
Family members and friends carry the coffin of Marwa Sherbini, 31, at her funeral in the Egyptian port city of Alexandria July 6, 2009. Sherbini was stabbed to death inside a German courtroom by a 28 year old attacker, Axel W., who had been previously convicted of insulting her religion. Newspapers in Egypt have expressed outrage over the attack and have dubbed her the "martyr of the hijab" and "headscarf martyr."