Radwa Amer (Jihadi Militant, Egypt)

• Full name: Radwa Abdel Halim Sayed Amer
• Pseudonym: N/a
• Alternatives: N/a
• Location: Egypt
• Affiliation: fmr Zizo el-Minyawi Module [ZMM]

Radwa Amer (°1976) is a bachelor in literature and an Islamist militant from the Zamalek suburb of Cairo.¹ She was a long-time companion of Mohammed Awad, the leader of a tiny Qutbist religious association. Amer is believed to have been the driving force behind the radicalization of her associates.² By the late 2010s, she, Awad and their companions had become devoted to jihad. Awad set up the Zizo el-Minyawi Module [ZMM]. One of the cell’s operatives blew himself up outside a Coptic church in Mostorod on Aug. 11, 2018.³ Amer was arrested shortly afterwards as the authorities cracked down on the ZMM.⁴

Following Amer’s arrest, the Egyptian government accused her of maintaining contacts with unidentified jihadis outside of the country.⁵ She was also said to have arranged financial support for Islamist militants.⁶