Ahmed Seif El-Islam

Quick Facts

Full Name	Ahmed Seif El-Islam
Date Of Birth	Jan 9, 1951(1951-01-09)
Age	73
Date Of Death	August 27, 2014, Cairo, Egypt
Birthplace	El Beheira Governorate
Country	Egypt
Horoscope	Capricorn

Ahmed Seif El-Islam Biography

Ahmed Seif El-Islam is one of the most popular and richest Celebrity who was born on January 9, 1951 in El Beheira Governorate, Egypt. Ahmed Seif El-Islam (1951-2014, Arabic أحمد سيف الاسلام) was an Egyptian communist, human rights activist and lawyer. He was father of the social activists Alaa Abd El-Fattah, Sanaa Seif and Mona Seif. His wife was social activist and professor Laila Soueif, sister of novelist Ahdaf Soueif.

But in 1983 Seif and 16 others were accused of membership in a leftist organization, but only Seif and 4 of his mates spend 5 years in Citadel prison Saif had suffered during his time in prison, he had been beaten and tortured by electricity, until his arm and leg were broken, a legal complaint were submitted regarding the incident but had been ignored.

In 2008, Seif was part of the team defending 49 persons, who were tried before the high State Security Court in Tanta, North Cairo. They were accused of participating in popular protests on 6 April 2008. The protest was in solidarity with the Mahala workers strike, which was primarily in the state- run textile industry, in response to low wages and rising food costs; however, violent clashes between the police and protestors took part. The lawyers’ team claimed that all confessions from the side of defendants were taken under pressure out of torture during their detention period. The case ended up acquitting and freeing 27 defendants and convicting 22 others.

Seif also had been detained for two days in 2011 during on the third of February, the day known as “Battle of the Camel” , when the security forces stormed Hisham Mubarak Law Center and arrested Seif with other human rights activists and Journalists.

Ahmed Seif El-Islam was born in Hosh Eissa, Beheira Governorate . He graduated from the Faculty of Economics and Political Science of Cairo University in

1977. While serving a five-year sentence in prison for a free speech case, he earned a degree in law from Cairo University in 1989. He also received a degree in criminal law from the same university.

Ahmed Seif El-Islam Net Worth

Ahmed Seif El-Islam is one of the richest from Egypt. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Ahmed Seif El-Islam 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In the 1970s, Seif was a leader in the student movement; accordingly, he was arrested and tortured by the police forces several times, especially in the so-called “organized popular movement” case. In prison and during his detention period, he got his bachelor’s degree in Law. After he was released, he volunteered to defend defendants with various affiliations, in cases concerning opinion; as an example: “Revolutionary Socialists” case, “Islamic Liberation Party” case in 2003 and 2004. He defended also many cases before the high Constitutional Court.

In 1972 Seif had been held in custody for two days for joining the students demonstrations which demanded the liberation of Sinai. The next year he had been detained for 8 months after participating in protests rejecting president El Sadat’s speech and the deferment of the decision of the upcoming war with Israel, Seif and his mates had been released days before October war and stated that “he had not been tortured in prison”.

Seif was one of the lawyers defending the 13 defendants, who were affiliated to Abdullah Azzam Brigades and were accused of Taba terrorist bombing in 2004. 3 of them were sentenced to death and other to life imprisonment; however, the Security Council of Armed Forces didn’t ratify the sentences and defendants went to rehearing and retrial. Seif raised the concerns about the unconstitutionality of the court; accordingly, the retrials were postponed till the 13th of December 2013, in order to provide measure certificate that proves the unconstitutionality of the court and the annulment of Emergency Law.

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Aira Ranked on the list of most popular Celebrity. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Egypt. Ahmed Seif El-Islam celebrates birthday on January 9 of every year.