Mohamed Ali | |
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Born | Mohammed Ali Ali Abdul Khaliq[1] 18 January 1978 (age 46) Giza, Egypt |
Occupation(s) | Film actor, political activist, building contractor |
Years active | 2002 – present |
Known for | sparking off the 2019 Egyptian protests |
Mohamed Ali (also: Aly;[2] born 18 January 1978[3]) is an Egyptian building contractor living in exile in Spain who worked for 15 years with Egyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and Sisi's colleagues building villas and a palace.[4] In September 2019, Ali circulated videos accusing Sisi of corruption. The online circulation of videos snowballed, with others including Wael Ghonim joining in the anti-Sisi criticism.[5] Ali called for mass anti-Sisi street protests[4] which started on 20 September 2019 across Egypt.[2] On 28 December 2019, Ali released the "Egyptian Consensus Document" with a list of four key principles and four key actions for replacing the Egyptian government, which he claimed represented the consensus of a wide range of the Egyptian opposition.[6]
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