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A woman named Isis claims she's been blocked from signing into Facebook

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You might remember Isis Anchalee as the female engineer who started the #ILookLikeAnEngineer campaign earlier this year after an advertisement featuring her sparked controversy online over what a female engineer "should look like."

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Now, the 22-year-old says she's been blocked from using Facebook because of her first name, Isis. 

"Facebook thinks I'm a terrorist," Anchalee explained in a tweet on Tuesday. "Apparently sending them a screenshot of my passport is not good enough for them to reopen my account."

Here's the tweet. 

It's only been ten minutes since Anchalee tweeted her complaint, but one person has already responded to the tweet saying they know someone else having a similar issue. 

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Here's that tweet. 

Some people are offering to help get her account re-opened. 

While others are simply disgusted. 

This isn't the first time someone has run into trouble with Facebook because of their name. Earlier this year an Arizona couple claimed they were banned from using Facebook until they verified their somewhat unusual last name: Avatar. In the past, Facebook has asked that people submit a photo id as proof of identity, though Anchalee says she already sent a photo of her passport and still has not been let back into her account. 

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Tech Insider has Anchalee and Facebook and will update this post if we hear back. 

Obviously, Anchalee's situation points to a larger issue, particularly given the recent ISIS attacks around the world. In fact, as noted in an earlier tweet from Anchalee, more than 50,000 people signed a petition asking the media to stop using the name ISIS to refer to terrorists, as it can be harmful to girls to constantly hear their name used to describe the terror organization. 

Update: As of 4:44 p.m. Anchale says her account has been reopened. You can read more about that here

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