Ahmed Abdalla Collection

Period (1946) 1978-1983 (-1990)
Total size   0.5 m.
Consultation Not restricted

Biography

Born in Cairo 1950, died in Cairo 2006; student leader and publicist; studied political science at Cairo University in the 1970s; took his doctor's degree at Cambridge University in 1984; president of the Higher National Committee of Cairo University Students, which led the student uprising in 1972; defendant in the trial of student activists in 1973; during his stay in England active in the Federation of Egyptian Students in Great Britain (FESBG) and member of the Friends of the Tagammu` Party in Great Britain.

Content

Documents relating to the FESGB 1980-1983 and the Friends of the Tagammuc Party in Great Britain 1980-1982; clippings of articles by Ahmed Abdalla published in al-Arab 1982-1983; reports, statements, pamphlets, leaflets, copies of periodicals and other printed material concerning the Egyptian student movement, the Egyptian Communist Party (ECP), the Tagammuc Party and other organizations 1978-1990.

Processing information

Inventory made by Roel Meijer in 1998