Abdullah Morsi

Abdullah Morsi
Abdullah Morsi
Born	3 September 1994; Sharqia Governorate, Egypt
Died	4 September 2019 (aged 25); Giza, Egypt
Resting place	Nasr City
Parents	Mohamed Morsi (father); Naglaa Mahmoud (mother);

Abdullah Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Eissa al-Ayyat (

a military coup

.

Biography

Born on 3 September 1994 in

democratically elected president in 2012 and was overthrown in a coup the following year. Abdullah's mother was Naglaa Mahmoud who was Mohamed's cousin. On 1 March 2014, he was arrested for consuming hashish, and released on bail a few days later. He was sentenced to one year in prison, his lawyer denouncing it as a "fabricated" case.^[1]^[2] He was released on 22 July 2015.^[3]

In 2018 he studied business administration at the

Abdel Fattah al-Sisi of having killed him.^[6]

He died less than three months after the death of his father, on 4 September 2019, of what was said at the time to be a heart attack while driving his car; he had just turned 25 the day before.[7] On 6 September 2019, in the middle of the night (to ward off any revolt), he was buried in all discretion and under close surveillance in the Cairo district of Nasr City, alongside his father, in the presence of his family.^[8] On 7 September 2020, Abdullah's lawyers stated that he had actually died after being injected with a lethal substance and not by a heart attack while driving his car as had originally been reported.^[9]

References

^ Mayy El Sheikh (27 June 2012). "Egypt's Everywoman Finds Her Place is In The Presidential Palace". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 October 2020.
^ "Egypt court jails Morsi's son for year on hashish charges". finance.yahoo.com.
^ Youssef, Adham (22 July 2015). "Morsi's son released from prison after serving sentence". dailynewsegypt.com.
^ "Statement of Abdullah Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Al-Ayyat" (PDF). static1.squarespace.com. 11 March 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
^ "Egyptian police question, release son of jailed ex-president". AP NEWS. 11 October 2018.
^ "Did Egypt authorities kill Abdullah Morsi?". Middle East Monitor. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
^ "Son of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi dies aged 25". The Guardian. Associated Press. 5 September 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
^ "Mohamed Morsi's youngest son buried next to father in the middle of the night". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
^ "Egypt: Lawyers say Morsi's son killed by 'lethal substance'". Al Jazeera. 7 September 2020.

[1] Mayy El Sheikh (27 June 2012). "Egypt's Everywoman Finds Her Place is In The Presidential Palace". The New York Times. Retrieved 8 October 2020.

[2] "Egypt court jails Morsi's son for year on hashish charges". finance.yahoo.com.

[3] Youssef, Adham (22 July 2015). "Morsi's son released from prison after serving sentence". dailynewsegypt.com.

[4] "Statement of Abdullah Mohamed Mohamed Morsi Al-Ayyat" (PDF). static1.squarespace.com. 11 March 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 5 September 2019.

[5] "Egyptian police question, release son of jailed ex-president". AP NEWS. 11 October 2018.

[6] "Did Egypt authorities kill Abdullah Morsi?". Middle East Monitor. 6 September 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

[7] "Son of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi dies aged 25". The Guardian. Associated Press. 5 September 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.

[8] "Mohamed Morsi's youngest son buried next to father in the middle of the night". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 6 September 2019.

[9] "Egypt: Lawyers say Morsi's son killed by 'lethal substance'". Al Jazeera. 7 September 2020.

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