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'''Gehad El-Haddad''' ({{lang-ar|جهاد الحداد}}; born c.1981) is an Egyptian political activist for the [[Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt]]. He acted as media spokesman for the Brotherhood from May 2013 until he was arrested on 17 September 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.almasryalyoum.com/news/details/318240|title=«الإخوان» تشكل لجنة من أعضائها للتواصل وزيارة المؤسسات والشخصيات الإعلامية &#124; المصري اليوم|website=www.almasryalyoum.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/muslim-brotherhood-spokesman-arrested_n_3941762|title=Muslim Brotherhood Spokesman Arrested In Egypt|first=Joshua|last=Hersh|date=September 17, 2013|website=HuffPost}}</ref><br />
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The son of [[Essam El-Haddad]], a member of the Brotherhood's Guidance Bureau, Gehad El-Haddad grew up in [[Alexandria]]. He worked for the Industrial Modernization Centre and then the [[Clinton Climate Initiative]]. Afterwards, he volunteered for the Muslim Brotherhood Renaissance Project (Project implementation started while Morsi was in office).<ref>Nadine Marroushi, [http://www.egyptindependent.com/news/renaissance-man-gehad-el-haddad-works-islamist-project-s-pragmatist Renaissance man: Gehad El Haddad works as the Islamist project’s pragmatist], ''[[Egypt Independent]]'', 31 July 2012</ref> In February 2017, as some reports emerged that the Trump administration was mulling designating the Muslim Brotherhood as a foreign terrorist organisation,<ref>{{cite news|last1=Baker|first1=Peter|title=White House Weighs Terrorist Designation for Muslim Brotherhood|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/07/world/middleeast/muslim-brotherhood-terrorism-trump.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FMuslim%20Brotherhood%20Egypt|accessdate=6 March 2018|work=The New York Times|date=7 February 2017}}</ref> Gehad El-Haddad wrote an op-ed for ''[[The New York Times]]'' from his prison cell in [[Tora Prison]] in Cairo outlining that the MB was not a terrorist organisation but rather a peaceful socio-political organisation.<ref>{{cite news|last1=El-Haddad|first1=Gehad|title=Opinion {{!}} I Am a Member of the Muslim Brotherhood, Not a Terrorist|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/22/opinion/i-am-a-member-of-the-muslim-brotherhood-not-a-terrorist.html|accessdate=6 March 2018|work=The New York Times|date=22 February 2017}}</ref> After writing the op-Ed, he was moved to a disciplinary cell in [[Scorpion Prison]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20170228-jailed-muslim-brotherhood-spokesman-put-in-disciplinary-cell-over-new-york-times-article-mother/|title=Jailed Brotherhood spokesman disciplined for New York Times article|date=February 28, 2017|website=Middle East Monitor}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amnesty.ca/news/egypt-end-gehad-el-haddads-solitary-confinement-and-denial-medical-care|title=Egypt: End Gehad el-Haddad`s solitary confinement and denial of medical care|date=May 28, 2018|website=Amnesty International Canada}}</ref><br />
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On 25 October 2019, his brother Abdullah stated that Gehad had lost his ability to walk.<ref>{{cite news|title=Egyptian political prisoner Gehad el-Haddad has lost ability to walk, says family|url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/young-political-prisoner-gehad-el-haddad-lost-ability-walk-says-family|accessdate=19 August 2020|work=[[Middle East Eye]]|date=25 October 2019}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvsUjd6n03c Gehad El-Haddad interview] on [[BBC HARDtalk]]<br />
* Bel Trew, [http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/75286/Egypt/Politics-/Brotherhood-under-siege-Q--A-with-FJP-advisor-Geha.aspx Brotherhood under siege: Q & A with FJP advisor Gehad El-Haddad], ''[[Ahram Online]]'', 1 July 2013<br />
* Gehad El-Haddad, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-egypt-a-violent-step-backward/2013/07/08/8d5c2802-e7f7-11e2-a301-ea5a8116d211_story.html In Egypt, a violent step backward], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', 9 July 2013<br />
* Gehad El-Haddad, [https://twitter.com/search?q=Gehad%20El-Haddad&mode=users Twitter Account]<br />
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