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University friends of Marwa El-Sherbini march with a banner outside the Ibrahim Mosque in Alexandria.
Members of the local Muslim community took part in the unveiling ceremony and were expected to take part in a commemorative march later in the day.
During a trial in July last year, 28-year-old Alex Wiens plunged an 18-centimetre (seven-inch) kitchen knife at least 16 times into Sherbini, three-months pregnant at the time with her second child.
Her son, Mustafa, three years old at the time, watched her bleed to death in the courtroom.
Sherbini's husband, Egyptian geneticist Elwy Okaz, rushed to her aid but was also stabbed repeatedly and then shot in the leg by a police officer who was unsure who was the attacker.
The Russian-born Wiens was acting out of revenge after she had pressed charges against him for calling her a "terrorist", "Islamist" and "whore" during a dispute over a playground swing.
He confessed to the crime during his trial, which resulted in a life sentence.
The killing, as well as the slow reaction of Germany's politicians and media, sparked outrage in Sherbini's home country, as well as in the wider Muslim world.
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During a trial in July last year, 28-year-old Alex Wiens plunged an 18-centimetre (seven-inch) kitchen knife at least 16 times into Sherbini, three-months pregnant at the time with her second child.
Her son, Mustafa, three years old at the time, watched her bleed to death in the courtroom.
Sherbini's husband, Egyptian geneticist Elwy Okaz, rushed to her aid but was also stabbed repeatedly and then shot in the leg by a police officer who was unsure who was the attacker.
The Russian-born Wiens was acting out of revenge after she had pressed charges against him for calling her a "terrorist", "Islamist" and "whore" during a dispute over a playground swing.
He confessed to the crime during his trial, which resulted in a life sentence.
The killing, as well as the slow reaction of Germany's politicians and media, sparked outrage in Sherbini's home country, as well as in the wider Muslim world.
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