Mahmud Abu al-Fath (1885–1958) was an Egyptian journalist, founder and owner of the

Wafdist The New Wafd Party ( ar, حزب الوفد الجديد, , New Delegation Party), officially the Egyptian Wafd Party and also known as the Al-Wafd Party, is a National liberalism, nationalist liberal List of political parties in Egypt, party in ...

newspaper '' Al Misri''.

Biography

Abu Al-Fath was born in 1885, and his father, Sheikh Ahmed Abu Al-Fath, was a professor of the Islamic law. Mahmud Abu al-Fath was a member of the Wafd Party and served in the Egyptian Senate following

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

. In 1954 Abu Al-Fath was sentenced to 15 years imprisonment in absentia for his criticisms of

Nasser Gamal Abdel Nasser Hussein, . (15 January 1918 – 28 September 1970) was an Egyptian politician who served as the second president of Egypt from 1954 until his death in 1970. Nasser led the Egyptian revolution of 1952 and introduced far-re ...

. He claimed asylum in Syria, later travelling to

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

and taking Iraqi citizenship.

References

1885 births 1958 deaths Egyptian newspaper founders Egyptian emigrants to Iraq Naturalised citizens of Iraq Wafd Party politicians 20th-century Egyptian politicians {{egypt-journalist-stub