11 Facts About Mohammad Farid

Mohammad Farid was an influential Egyptian political figure.

Mohammad Farid was the son of the director of el-Da'irah el-Saniyya and belonged to a landowning family.

Mohammad Farid attended the Khalil Agha School, the Ecole des Freres, and the School of Administration.

Mohammad Farid worked as a lawyer for the Egyptian government and for the Parquet.

Mohammad Farid was dismissed for backing Shaykh Ali Yusuf, a popular Egyptian newspaper editor who was tried for publishing secret telegrams taken from the War Ministry.

Mohammad Farid was the main political and financial supporter of Mustafa Kamil, the founder of the Egyptian National Party, and after his premature death in 1908, was elected second president of that party.

Mohammad Farid led the party in Egypt until March 1912 and then in exile until his death.

Mohammad Farid argued that the British must withdraw their army of occupation from Egypt and that only Egypt's monarch, the khedive, could grant a constitution to the Egyptians.

Mohammad Farid called for the spread of education and advocated social and economic reforms, especially to benefit workers.

Mohammad Farid's memoirs have been published in Arabic, and partly in English translation.

Mohammad Farid wrote histories of the Muhammad Ali Dynasty, the Roman Empire, and the Ottoman Empire, as well as travel diaries, and numerous articles for local nationalist newspapers.