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Mohamed Soltan

Mohamed Soltan
Mohamed Soltan
Born Mohamed Soltan
c. 1988
Education Bachelors of Science in Economics
Alma mater Ohio State University
Known for Human Rights, Activism, Politics, Egypt
Website https://twitter.com/soltanlife, https://www.facebook.com/Soltanlife/

Mohamed Soltan (Arabic: محمد سلطان‎‎, born c. 1988), an Egyptian-American human rights Advocate who was a political prisoner in Egypt from August, 2013 to May, 2015. Mohamed was shot, imprisoned, tortured, and sentenced to life in prison on trumped-up and politically motivated charges.

In protest of his unjust detainment by the Egyptian authorities, Mohamed entered into an open-ended hunger-strike on 26 January 2014. The hunger-strike was supported by a world-wide campaign effort that led to his freedom. The U.S. government intervened at the highest levels and successfully facilitated his release and return to the United States on 31 May 2015. His hunger-strike lasted 489 days.

Since his release, Mohamed has dedicated his life to advocate for freedom, democracy and social justice.

Mohamed Soltan is an Egyptian-American Human Rights Advocate. Mohamed was born in Egypt and moved to the US in the mid-90's at the age of 7 where he lived in multiple cities (Boston, Kansas City, Detroit, Columbus). Mohamed played Junior Varsity, and Varsity basketball in high school, and was active in his local community. From a young age, Mohamed took initiatives to helping people, and frequently volunteered in local soup kitchens.

Mohamed is the second eldest of five, his mother and father are middle school sweethearts from a small village in Egypt. Mohamed grew up in a loving and supportive household that always emphasized independence and creativity. Mohamed's father is a prominent Islamic Jurisprudence Scholar, who taught at many distinguished Islamic educational institutions, and has authored over 80 books on varying issues like Obligation to Vote in the US, to Marriage Life in the West and Women's Inheritance in Islam. The elder Soltan has also made comments against Jews and spread the conspiracy theory regarding the Elders of Zion. . His father is ideologically affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, but Mohamed and his family have confirmed that he is not a member of that group or have any other affiliations in Egypt.

Mohamed took an open-ended break from his school when the 2011 revolution broke out and went to Egypt to join the youth's revolution for freedom. He and his friends at Ohio State University created shirts for the youth coalition to wear in the entrances of Tahrir Square. Mohamed joined the sit-in in Tahrir and was on the frontline at the Presidential Palace in Egypt when President Mubarak was forced to step down. Weeks after, Mohamed returned to the US and toured US University campuses to speak on his experience during the revolution.


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