Kamal Khalil ( ar, كمال خليل, ) is an Egyptian engineer and labour activist. He is a leading member of the

Revolutionary Socialists The Revolutionary Socialists ( ar, الاشتراكيون الثوريون; ) (RS) are a Trotskyist organisation in Egypt originating in the tradition of ' Socialism from Below'. Leading RS members include sociologist Sameh Naguib. The organisat ...

, a representative of the

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and the founder and director of the

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. He is a critic of the

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, youth parties and the

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in the post-

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Egypt. He advocates more

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s' unity, particularly in regions such as

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, which has in the past been a center of industrial struggle by

textile workers Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc. At first, the word "textiles" only referred to woven fabrics. However, weaving is not the ...

. Khalil has said Egypt's workers must create independent trade unions and a political party to represent them: "No party will represent the workers other than the workers' party itself." Prior to the

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, Khalil had been arrested many times. In 2003, he was arrested by the

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(SSI) and placed in solitary confinement for his role in the

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, causing the

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to demonstrate outside the Egyptian Embassy in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Khalil, Kamal Living people Egyptian democracy activists Egyptian dissidents Egyptian human rights activists Egyptian revolutionaries Egyptian Trotskyists People of the Egyptian revolution of 2011 Revolutionary Socialists (Egypt) Egyptian trade unionists Year of birth missing (living people)

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