Ahmed Hussein (1911–1982)
Ahmed Hussein (8 March 1911–27 September 1982) was an Egyptian lawyer and politician who founded a nationalist party, Young Egypt, in the 1930s. Early life and education
Hussein was born on 8 March 1911. His father, Mahmoud Hussein, was a civil servant at the Ministry of Finance. The family was from Kafr El Battikh near Damietta and had lands in Lower Egypt. Hussein received religious education and a degree in law. Career and political activities

Hussein started a magazine entitled Al Sarkha (Arabic: Scream) in which he published a program of his political group, "Society of the Free Youth, Supporters of the Treaty", endorsing Prime Minister Mohamed Mahmoud's negotitaions with the British. The group included the nationalist Egyptian figures led by Hussein's friend Fathi Radwan. The society's slogan was "God, Fatherland and the King", and aimed at reviving the Egyptian nationalism, especially after Egypt experienced negative outcomes of the economic crisis in 1929. In late 1931, a committee of students headed by Ahmad Hussein initiated the Piastre Plan to raise funds to improve the industry in the country. They managed to collect the funds and employed them to set up a fez factory. In his writings in Al Sarkha Hussein harshly criticized Western democracy and praised Fascism and Nazism supporting the implementation of these ideologies in addition to Sharia rule in Egypt. The Society of the Free Youth, Supporters of the Treaty was reestablished as a political party, Young Egypt, on 21 October 1933. The party was modeled on the Italian National Fascist Party. Hussein sent a letter to Adolf Hitler and asked him to convert to Islam. Hussein was arrested in July 1941 due to his extreme nationalist activities. He escaped while he was being treated at a hospital, but in November 1942 he surrendered himself to the police. In 1944 he was released from prison. In July 1946 Hussein was again arrested with other Young Egypt party members following the headline of the party newspaper, Al Ishtrakia, as "Revolt, Revolt, Revolt!". They were freed on bail soon. Hussein renamed his party as the Egyptian Social Democratic Party in the late 1940s, and later it was renamed as the National Islamic Party. In the 1950s his brother and a member of the Young Egypt party, Adel Hussein, joined a communist party, namely Haditu. Later life and death
Hussein had a stroke in 1969 and retired from public life. He died at age 71 on 27 September 1982 after he had been hospitalized because of heart problems. References

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