Egypt Activist

Saad Eddin Ibrahim

سعد الدين إبراهيم

Activist In opposition Independent Verified

Egyptian sociologist and founder of the Ibn Khaldun Center for Development Studies. Imprisoned 2000–2003 under Mubarak on civil-society funding charges later overturned by Egypt's highest court. Long-standing advocate for liberal democracy and minority rights in the Arab world.

Country: Egypt
Party: Independent / unaligned
Role: Activist

Position

No party affiliation or source documents on file yet, so no individual position is assigned.

How to cite

Each record carries a retrieval date because the dataset is live — individual entries update as verification deepens. Use the per-record citation when referencing this specific profile; use the dataset citation below when referencing the project as a whole.

In-text: (Gara, 2026)

Per-record citation

APA 7Reference list · academic default

Gara, T. (2026). Saad Eddin Ibrahim [Politician profile]. Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/saad-eddin-ibrahim

Chicago author-dateCommon in political-science journals

Gara, Tarek. 2026. "Saad Eddin Ibrahim." Politician profile, Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset. Accessed June 21, 2026. https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/saad-eddin-ibrahim.

BibTeXFor LaTeX / Zotero / reference managers

@misc{tayyar-saad-eddin-ibrahim,
  title     = {{Saad Eddin Ibrahim}},
  author    = {Gara, Tarek},
  year      = {2026},
  publisher = {Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset},
  type      = {Politician profile},
  url       = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/pol/saad-eddin-ibrahim},
  urldate   = {2026-06-21},
  note      = {First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.}
}

Dataset / working-paper citation

If you're citing Tayyar as a project rather than this individual record.

APA 7Preprint

Gara, T. (2026). Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset [Preprint]. Retrieved June 21, 2026, from https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper

BibTeXPreprint

@unpublished{tayyar-preprint,
  title  = {{Tayyar: A MENA political-position dataset}},
  author = {Gara, Tarek},
  year   = {2026},
  type   = {Preprint},
  url    = {https://tarekgara.com/tayyar/paper},
  urldate = {2026-06-21},
  note   = {Living document, regenerated from the live dataset on page load.}
}

First-pass entry; second-pass external review planned before publication.