Sobhi Saleh Moussa (born September 19, 1953) is an Egyptian lawyer and a prominent member of the

Muslim Brotherhood The Society of the Muslim Brothers ('' ''), better known as the Muslim Brotherhood ( ', is a transnational Sunni Islamist organization founded in Egypt by Islamic scholar, Imam and schoolteacher Hassan al-Banna in 1928. Al-Banna's teachings s ...

. From 2005 to 2010, he represented the Alexandria district of Ramla in the

Parliament of Egypt The Parliament of Egypt is the Bicameralism, bicameral legislature of the Egypt, Arab Republic of Egypt. It is composed of an upper house (the Senate (Egypt), Senate) and a lower house (the House of Representatives (Egypt), House of Represent ...

, belonging to the Muslim Brotherhood bloc. On April 2, 2003, he was arrested (along with other members of Alexandria's Muslim Brotherhood leadership). On February 15, 2011, he was appointed to the

Egyptian constitutional review committee of 2011 A committee formed in February 2011 by the Egyptian military following suspension of the constitution during the 2011 Egyptian revolution. The committee's purpose is to review the constitution of Egypt, to be ratified by a referendum. Aims and com ...

."In Egypt, a Panel of Jurists Is Given the Task of Revising the Country’s Constitution", ''New York Times'', February 15, 2011.
/ref> He was jailed for three days during the events of the

Egyptian Revolution of 2011 The 2011 Egyptian revolution, also known as the 25 January Revolution (;), began on 25 January 2011 and spread across Egypt. The date was set by various youth groups to coincide with the annual Egyptian "Police holiday" as a statement against ...

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Personal website
(in Arabic) {{DEFAULTSORT:Saleh, Subhi People of the Egyptian revolution of 2011 1953 births Living people Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood members Members of the Egyptian Constituent Assembly of 2012