A letter by Salah Sultan’s son published in the New York Times disclosed that he and his father- a Muslim Brotherhood leader- are U.S. citizens and demanded that President Barrack Obama pressure Egypt for the release of his father, who has been held in Tora Prison since last August.
Many sons and daughters of Egyptian politicians received double nationalities either for political reasons or because their parents worked abroad for extended periods, sources told Youm7.
The families of former President Mohamed Morsi and Essam el-Haddad have numerous members with dual citizenship. Assistant to the president for foreign affairs, Essam el-Haddad holds British nationality, in addition to his sons Gehad and Abdullah el-Haddad; Gehad is the official spokesperson of the Muslim Brotherhood, and Abdullah is the official foreign spokesperson of the Brotherhood. Also, Essam’s nephew, Walid el-Haddad, holds the same nationality and is the coordinator of foreign affairs of the Freedom and Justice Party.
Morsi’s children hold U.S. nationality because he worked in the U.S. in the early 80s’. Both his son Ahmed Mohamed Morsi and his daughter al-Shaymaa Mohamed Morsi both hold the U.S. citizenship.
Mahmoud Hussein, a member of the guidance bureau of the Brotherhood, holds Palestinian nationality; Murad Aly, an important Brotherhood leader and the one responsible for the media file of the Brotherhood after the revolution, has the right to reside in Austria.
Director of Morsi’s bureau Ahmed Abdel Aty has the right to reside in Algeria and was a fugitive there for five years when he escaped from charges in a military trial known in media as the al-Azhar militias case.
Additional reporting by Mohamed Ismail, Mohamed Haggag, and Ahmed Arafa.
