What wouldn't a mother do for her son? Laila Soueif, a British-Egyptian, is even willing to lose her life. This 69-year-old math teacher is dying in a central London hospital after a hunger strike of more than 240 days to draw attention to the situation of Alaa Abdel Fattah, her son, Egypt's most famous political prisoner. This blogger, writer, and human rights activist remains imprisoned by the regime of General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the country's coup-plotting president.