Khaled Dawoud
{{Short description|Egyptian politician}}
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|office = Leader of the Constitution Party
|term_start = 25 January 2017{{Citation|url=https://dailynewsegypt.com/2017/01/26/al-dostour-party-designates-khaled-dawoud-new-president/|title=Al-Dostour Party designates Khaled Dawoud as new president|via=Daily News Egypt|date=26 January 2017|access-date=1 February 2018}}
|predecessor = Hala Shukrallah{{Cite news|title=Hala Shukrallah's term as Constitution Party leader ends|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/128562/Egypt/Politics-/Hala-Shukrallah-ends-her-term-as-leader-of-Egypts-.aspx|work=Ahram Online|date=24 April 2015|access-date=18 April 2019}}
|successor = Sayyed Kassem (interim)
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Khaled Dawoud is the former leader of the Constitution Party of Egypt.{{Citation|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/04/egypt-opposition-urges-voters-reject-constitutional-amendments-190418160131914.html|title=Egypt opposition urges voters to reject constitutional amendments|via=Al Jazeera|date=18 April 2019|access-date=18 April 2019}} Dawoud has been a journalist for Al-Ahram Weekly since 1996.{{Citation|url=http://www.thenation.com/article/176445/what-happened-egypts-liberals-after-coup|title=What Happened to Egypt's Liberals After the Coup?|date=October 2013 |via=The Nation|access-date=10 December 2013 |last1=Kouddous |first1=Sharif Abdel }} Dawoud resigned as a spokesperson for the National Salvation Front (NSF) on 16 August 2013 in protest at the support of police violence against Mohamed Morsi supporters by the NSF.{{Citation|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/79454.aspx|title=NSF says Egypt facing attempts by Muslim Brotherhood to overthrew state|via=Ahram Online|date=19 August 2013|access-date=23 December 2013}} Dawoud was stabbed by Mohammed Morsi supporters on 4 October 2013.{{Citation|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/83222.aspx|title=Constitution Party's Khaled Dawoud stabbed by 'pro-Morsi protesters'|via=Ahram Online|date=4 October 2013|access-date=23 December 2013}}
Arrest during 2019 Egyptian protests
Following video releases by Mohamed Ali in September 2019 accusing Sisi of corruption and calling for anti-Sisi street protests, Dawoud called for investigations of the corruption claims. He was arrested on 25 September 2019, after protests across Egypt started on 21 and 22 September. On 14 April 2020, Dawoud was released from jail.
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{{cite news |title= Egypt arrests prominent critics of Sisi with 1,400 detained since Friday protests|date=25 September 2019|newspaper= Middle East Eye | url= https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-arrests-prominent-political-scientists-critical-sisi |access-date=25 September 2019 |archive-url= http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20190925233404/http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/index2.php?url=https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/egypt-arrests-prominent-political-scientists-critical-sisi |archive-date=25 September 2019|url-status=live}}
{{cite news |title= Egyptian journalist Khaled Dawoud freed from jail|date=13 April 2021|newspaper= Al Jazeera | url= https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/13/egyptian-journalist-khaled-dawoud-freed-from-jail |access-date=14 April 2021}}
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{{s-bef|before=Hala Shukrallah}}
{{s-ttl|title=Leader of the Constitution Party|years=2017–2018}}
{{s-aft|after=Sayyed Kassam}}
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Category:20th-century journalists
Category:21st-century journalists
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