CAIRO — Life is a thought, and thoughts do not die, no matter how much time has passed. They remain engraved in our minds until death as long as we believe in them, defend them and aim to spread them and implement them firmly. These words are engraved in the mind of a 29-year-old woman who sought a better future for women and dedicated her life to defending their causes.

Yasmine Ibrahim, a women’s rights activist, is a woman who dreamed of an idea and succeeded in implementing it. She established on June 16, 2013, an online digital museum to document the role of women in the success of the January 25 Revolution, when the Egyptian people revolted against the regime of then-President Hosni Mubarak under the slogan “Bread, Freedom and Social Justice.” The Digital Museum of Women tells the stories of women’s struggles and sacrifices during the revolution.

Ibrahim told Al-Monitor, “The museum is a fixed and constantly updated information system available online, and it is divided into four categories: women and politics, women and economy, women and culture, and women and social life. We talk to women who performed heroic acts during the revolution, asking them to write their story and describe the role they played so that we can publish it in the system and let everyone learn about the sacrifices women made during the revolution. The system uses digital technology such as photos, videos, audio files and graphics. We also established an interactive forum where women can discuss all aspects of cultural, political and economic life in order to empower women in Egypt.”

“We only accept stories about women’s struggle in the Egyptian revolution and the preceding period, given that this was a remarkable period in Egypt’s history and generations to come ought to know the sacrifices Egyptian women made for the sake of Egypt,” she added.