Free Egyptians Party

The party of the Free Egyptians (Arabic حزب المصريين الأحرار, DMG Hizb al - Ahrar - Masriyin al, also translated as Party Free Egyptians Party Free Egyptians Party or The Free Egyptians ) is an Egyptian liberal party after the revolution in Egypt was founded in 2011. Their slogan is a party for all Egyptians (Arabic حزب لكل المصريين ).

Since its founding on 16 August 2011, the party of the Free Egyptians is an integral part of the Egyptian block, a broad coalition of parties, which is against the Muslim Brotherhood and its political arm, the Freedom and Justice Party, represents and the defense of Egypt's secular and Egyptian civil society has taken up the cause.

History

On 3 April 2011, a group of intellectuals and political activists to the engineer and businessman Naguib Sawiris announced the founding of the Party of the Free Egyptians and explained the program and the goals of the party and its basic principles at a conference in the youth center of Al -Jazeera. Prominent party members are the Egyptian- American scientist Farouk El- Baz, the revolutionary poet Ahmed Fouad Egyptian Arab Negm, the writer Gamal al - Ghitani and telecommunications entrepreneur Khaled Bichara.

In July 2011, there was infighting in the party of the Free Egyptians. An internal group called the "Group of 17 " accused the national party leaders undemocratic methods in the selection of local leaders in the Governorate Damietta and lamented that former members of the National Democratic Party, the ruling party of the ousted Mubarak administration, the candidate allowed to the party of the Free Egyptians been. Five of these dissidents were expelled from the party and referred to by party officials as a " troublemaker ".