Egyptian Islamic Labour Party

The Egyptian Islamic Labour Party (Arabic: حزب العمل الإسلامي, romanized: Ḥizb al-ʿamal al-islāmī al-Masri), previously the Socialist Labour Party (Arabic: حزب العمل الإشتراكي, romanized: Ḥizb al-ʿamal al-ishtirākī), is an Egyptian Islamist political party.

Egyptian Islamic Labour Party
حزب العمل الاسلامي
Hizb al-ʿamal al-islami al-Masri
ChairmanIbrahim Shoukry
Founded1978 (1978)
HeadquartersCairo
NewspaperAl Shaab (currently suspended)
IdeologyIslamic socialism
Islamism
National affiliationAnti-Coup Alliance
House of Representatives
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The party was suspended, but it later joined the Democratic Alliance for Egypt during the 2011-2012 parliamentary election, where it had gained 1 seat in the People's Assembly of Egypt.

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