Ahmed Hussein (1905–1982)

Ahmed Hussein (1905–1982) was an Egyptian lawyer and politician who founded a nationalist party, Young Egypt, in the 1930s.

Ahmed Hussein
Hussein during the inauguration of Young Egypt in 1933
Born1905
Died27 September 1982 (aged 76–77)
OccupationLawyer
Years active1929–1969
Known forFounder of Young Egypt Party

Early life and education

Hussein was born in 1905.[1] He received religious education and a degree in law.[1][2]

Career and political activities

Hussein started a magazine entitled Al Sarkha (Arabic: Scream) in which he published a program of his political group, "Society of the Free Youth, Supporters of the Treaty", which had been established on 20 August 1929.[2][3] It was consisted of the nationalist Egyptian figures led by his friend Fathi Radwan.[4] The group was reestablished as a political party under the name Young Egypt which was started on 21 October 1933.[3][4] In his writings in Al Sarkha Hussein harshly criticized Western democracy and praised Fascism and Nazism supporting the implementation of these ideologies in addition to Sharia rule in Egypt.[2] He sent a letter to Adolf Hitler and asked him to convert to Islam.[2]

Hussein was arrested in July 1941 due to his extreme nationalist activities.[1] He escaped while he was treated at a hospital, but in November 1942 he surrendered himself to the police.[1] In 1944 he was released from prison.[1] In July 1946 he was again arrested with other Young Egypt party members following the headline of the party newspaper, Al Ishtrakia, as "Revolt, Revolt, Revolt!".[5] They were freed on bail soon.[1]

Hussein renamed his party as Egyptian Social Democratic Party in the late 1940s and later it was renamed as the National Islamic Party.[1] In the 1950s his brother and a member of Young Egypt, Adil Hussein, joined a communist party, namely Haditu.[6]

Later life and death

Hussein had a stroke in 1969 and retired from public life.[7] He died on 27 September 1982 after he had been hospitalized because of heart problems.[7]

References
  1. "British Documents" (PDF). Nasser Library. 3 February 1950. p. 25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 February 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  2. Cynthia Farahat (Summer 2011). "The Arab Upheaval: Egypt's Islamist Shadow". Middle East Quarterly. 18 (3).
  3. Fouad Fahmy Shafik (1981). The Press and Politics of Modern Egypt: 1798-1970. A Comparative Analysis of Causal Relationships (PhD thesis). New York University. p. 187. ISBN 9798661819062. ProQuest 303021068.
  4. Josep Puig Montana (2013). "Oppositional movements in Egypt, from 1952 to Mubarak's downfall". Nómadas. Revista Crítica de Ciencias Sociales y Jurídicas. 39 (3): 39. doi:10.5209/rev_NOMA.2013.v39.n3.48329.
  5. Henry C. Atyeo (November 1952). "Egyptian Nationalism". Current History. 23 (135): 314. JSTOR 45308290.
  6. Tareq Y. Ismael; Rifaat El Said (1990). The Communist Movement in Egypt, 1920-1988. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-8156-2497-4.
  7. "Ahmed Hussein". The New York Times. 27 September 1982. p. 9. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
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