Amal Party (Lebanon)
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Amal Movement
حركة أمل |
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| Chairman | Nabih Berri |
| Founders | Musa al-Sadr and Hussein el Husseini |
| Founded | 1974 |
| Headquarters |
 Beirut, Lebanon
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| Ideology |
Arab nationalism Conservatism Populism |
| Political position | Centre-left |
| Religion | Officially secular Predominantly Shia Islam |
| National affiliation | March 8 Alliance |
| Colours | Green, Red |
| Parliament of Lebanon |
13 / 128
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| Cabinet of Lebanon |
3 / 30
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| Party flag | |
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The Amal Movement (or Hope Movement in English, Arabic: حركة أمل Ḥarakat ʾAmal) is a Lebanese political party associated with Lebanon's Shia community. It was co-founded by Musa al-Sadr and Hussein el Husseini as the "Movement of the Dispossessed" in 1974. The 'Amal movement gained attention from Shi'a outcry after the disappearance of Musa al-Sadr and saw a renewal in popularity after Israel's invasion of Lebanon in 1978. The Historic Iranian revolution of 1978-79 also provided momentum for the party The Amal Movement is, by a small margin, the largest Shia party in parliament, having thirteen representatives to Hezbollah's twelve. Amal is currently in an alliance which includes the Free Patriotic Movement, Hezbollah, and the Progressive Socialist Party.
The movement's current name was originally used by the Movement of the Dispossessed militia, the "Lebanese Resistance Regiments" (Arabic: أفواج المقاومة اللبنانية). This name, when abbreviated, created the acronym "Amal", which means "Hope" in Arabic.
Harakat al-Mahrumin (Arabic: حركة المحرومين meaning The Movement of the Deprived or the The Movement of the Dispossessed or The Movement of the Disinherited) was established by Imam Musa al-Sadr and member of parliament Hussein el-Husseini in 1974, as an attempt to reform the Lebanese system, although the beginnings can be traced to 1969 in declarations by the Imam al-Sadr calling upon peace and equality between all Lebanese confessions and religions, so that no one confession would remain "deprived" in any region in Lebanon, noting that the Shia community in Lebanon remained the poorest and most neglected by the Lebanese government.
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