Ghad El-Thawra Party ( ar, حزب غد الثورة '; "Revolution's Tomorrow Party"), is an Egyptian political party that was approved on 9 October 2011. Headed by

Ayman Nour Ayman Abd El Aziz Nour ( arz, أيمن عبد العزيز نور, ; born 5 December 1964) is an Egyptian politician, a former member of the Egyptian Parliament, founder and chairman of the El Ghad party. Nour was the first man to ever compet ...

, it was a split of the

El-Ghad Party The el-Ghad Party ( ar, حزب الغد ', ; "The Tomorrow Party") is an active political party in Egypt that was granted license in October 2004. El-Ghad is a centrist liberal secular political party pressing for widening the scope of poli ...

. Nevertheless, the "Revolution's Tomorrow Party" still uses the name El-Ghad (The Tomorrow Party) on its website and communiques. The Ghad El-Thawra Party was contesting the

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with fifteen candidates (thirteen for the lower house and two for the upper) as part of the Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party-led

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Background

left the

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in 2001, and established

. The party was legalized in 2004. After facing president

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in the

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, Nour was sentenced to five years in jail on forgery charges. In 2005, just before Nour being sentenced, the

split in two factions. One was headed by Moussa Moustafa Moussa, the other by Nour's (now former) wife

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. Legal battle ensued between both factions, both claiming legitimacy and simultaneously using the party name and insignia. The final court ruling in May 2011 was in favor of Moussa.

hence filed for a new party, "Ghad El-Thawra Party" or "Revolution's Tomorrow Party", which was approved on 9 October 2011. The Ghad El-Thawra party supported the

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. Nour was reportedly close to the

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; the headquarters of the party were burned down in March 2013.

Moving activity abroad

On 18 January 2021 Ghad El-Thawra Party announced in a press conference freezing the activities if the party in Egypt and moving its activities abroad. The vice president of Ghad El-Thawra Party

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detailed that act as non-dissolve the party neither bringing abroad as hi power on Egypt, while it's a need because of the current situation in Egypt.

Platform

The party platform called for: * Political and economic reform. * Paying a special care for the handicapped. * Combating

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. * Solving the

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Name confusion

has been tightly associated with both the El-Ghad name and party, even being accused of internal monopoly by other party members. Since both Nour and Moussa fractions were using (and still are) the same name and insignia (e.g.: Ghad El-Thawra website), it was often difficult to tell them apart. For instance,

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lists El-Ghad, specifying its leader as

, as an observer member. Many poll and media outlets used the term "El-Ghad" without specifying which party or faction they are referring to, although they often meant the

Ghad El-Thawra faction.

References

{{Arab Spring Liberal parties in Egypt Political parties established in 2011 Secularism in Egypt 2011 establishments in Egypt

Background

Moving activity abroad

Platform

Name confusion

See also

References