Young Egypt Party (1933)

Young Egypt Party
حزب مصر الفتاة
ChairpersonAhmed Hussein
FoundedOctober 1933 (1933-10) (as organization)
1936 (as political party)
Dissolved1953 (1953)
Preceded byMashrue al-Qarsh
Succeeded byNationalist Islamic Party
HeadquartersCairo
NewspaperAl-Sha'ab
Paramilitary wingGreen Shirts
IdeologyFascism[1][2]
Egyptian ultranationalism[3]
Agrarianism
Anti-colonialism
Anti-capitalism
Anticommunism
Antisemitism
Anti-Masonry
Colours  Green
Anthem"To you Egypt, I'll give my Youth"
Arabic: لك يا مصر شبابي
Party flag

The Young Egypt Party (Arabic: حزب مصر الفتاة, Masr El-Fatah) also known as the Green Shirts (Arabic: القمصان الخضراء, el-Komsan el-Khadra) was a fascist[4] Egyptian nationalist political party. It is notable for counting a young Anwar Sadat as a member.

  1. ^ Laqueur, Walter (18 March 2011). "Age Against the Machine". The New Republic.
  2. ^ "Fascism in Interwar Egypt: Islam, Nationalism and Political Modernization". 28 January 2015.
  3. ^ Gershoni & Jankowski 2010, The Young Egypt Movement: An Egyptian Version of Fascism?.
  4. ^ "NASR: PROMISE AND PERFORMANCE (SUMMARY ANALYSIS OF SPEECHES OF NASR AND HIS LIEUTENANTS)" (PDF). cia.gov/readingroom. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2023.