Mohamed Sowan is a Libyan Islamist activist and politician. He has been the leader of the

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since its foundation in March 2012. The Justice and Development Party is the political wing of the Libyan

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. Sowan is from the city of

Misrata Misrata ( ; also spelled Misurata or Misratah; ar, مصراتة, Miṣrāta ) is a city in the Misrata District in northwestern Libya, situated to the east of Tripoli and west of Benghazi on the Mediterranean coast near Cape Misrata. With ...

.Muslim Brotherhood forms party in Libya
''

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''. 2012-03-04. He was imprisoned by the deposed Libyan Arab Jamahiriya government,Muslim Brotherhood formally launches party
''Libya Herald''. 2012-03-04. until he was released in 2006 and subsequently worked as a hotel manager.

Personal life

Sowan is of

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origin.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sowan, Mohamed Islamic democracy activists Justice and Construction Party politicians Living people Libyan people of Turkish descent Libyan democracy activists Libyan Sunni Muslims Muslim Brotherhood leaders Year of birth missing (living people)