The Anti-Imperialist Front won one seat in the 1953 election (held by Hassan at-Taheer Zarouq).[10][11][12] Hassan at-Taheer Zarouq was a schoolteacher, who had been dismissed due to his political activism. He was elected from the Graduates' Constituency.[13] As a Member of Parliament, Hassan at-Taheer Zarouq was a vocal critic of Ismail al-Azhari's National Unionist Party cabinet.[6]