Youssef Darwish, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Egyptian labour lawyer, activist and communist
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About Youssef Darwish
- Youssef Darwish (Arabic: ???? ??????) (October 2, 1910 - June 7, 2006) was an Egyptian labour lawyer, communist and activist.
- During his years of political activism, he was frequently accused of communist subversion and imprisoned, spending around 10 years of his life in jail.
- Of Jewish background, he converted to Islam in 1947.
- He was one of the few from the Karaite Jewish community to remain in Egypt after the establishment of Israel in 1948.
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