Mustafa ElBaradei : Like Father , Like Son

The official Mustafa ElBaradei stamp issued in 2004

The key to Mohamed Mustafa ElBaradei's personality is his father Mustafa ElBaradei ; the brave lawyer who led the Bar Association of Egypt "BAE"  in the toughest time you can  imagine standing against both Nasser and Sadat as much as he could protecting the law and the rights of his fellow citizens. To really understand how dangerous Mustafa ElBaradei was to the regime you only have to know that clients and friends avoided him and his law office for fear to be regarded as his supporters during the Nasserite era and  when he died the regime made sure to control the BAE for more than 20 years through late lawyer El-Khawaga whether in time of Sadat or in time of Mubarak.
Mustafa ElBradei was born in  a small village called "Ebiar" in Gharbia governorate in somehow rich and old family. He lived in "Ebiar" till he finished the primary stage then his family moved to Cairo to complete the secondary stage and college. He joined the faculty of law in Cairo university. After graduation he worked at the State court till he became a judge. The man is popular even after his death in the village unlike what the official media claims as he is still remembered by his charity and how he  helped other people there. He was from that generation of liberal Egypt who had this religious conservative values of their ancestors and the democratic liberal thinking of the west.
Mustafa ElBaradei used to be a Wafd party member before the revolution. I think from what I heard and read about him he did not give up his political believes regardless of the regime change in Egypt and what it accompanied it from dictatorship.
Mustafa ElBaradei headed the lawyers' syndication three times :

• From 1958 to 1959 "before the union with Syria"
• From 1964 to 1966
• From 1971 to 1977

Mustafa ElBaradei was famous for his clash with President Sadat when the later introduced some strange concepts like the public courts and the so-called defect law "Late Sadat had strange thoughts from time to time" and ElBaradei considered as aggression on the law and state.

The Baradeis in early 1960s

MR.ElBaradei did a fantastic job in raising his offspring because all of the five are successful in prestigious positions whether academically or professionally. His offspring are : Mohamed , Tarek, Mona, Ali and Laila. "From left to right : Laila,Mona, Ali,Mohamed and Tarek"
I think Mohamed ElBaradei is the most one of his siblings affected by his father's political and social ideas adding to them of course his own experience. It is not about inheriting his father's look but rather his father's idea and fight for better Egypt as much as he can.
Mohamed ElBaradei may succeed and may fail in achieving what he wishes for Egypt yet the honor of trial is enough from him.

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