Ahmad Al-Thawadi
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Ahmad Ibrahim Al-Thawadi was the chairman of the Democratic Progressive Tribune
, a leftist political party in the Kingdom of Bahrain
. He was born in 1938 during the British colonization of Bahrain. He was also a founding member of the National Liberation Front
. He used the nom de guerre 'Saif bin Ali' .
He was one of the first victims of the State Security Law (Anti-human rights law that was cancelled in the democratic era of the kingdom). Many Bahrainis believe Dhawadi enriched the political movement in Bahrain even when he was in exile in Asian and African countries and later in Latin America.
In the eighties, he married Bahraini poet Hamda Khamees and had a daughter Reem and a son Qais.
With the advent of Bahrain's political reforms and King Hamad Bin Eisa Al Khalifa's call for Bahraini politicians to come back from exile, Dhawadi came to Bahrain in 2001 to start a new era of political activities in a democratic country.
Dhawadi supported the reforms and fought those who were against democratic projects. Dhawadi's life-long sufferings in prisons and exile were aimed at fulfilling his dream for a better future for the younger generations.
In 1994, he was diagnosed with colon cancer and in the last years of his life he underwent many operations, but the illness got the better of the fighter. He died on July 8, 2006, after a ten year battle with colon cancer.
Democratic Progressive Tribune - Bahrain
Progressive Democratic Tribune is a political outfit launched by returning exiles from the underground communist National Liberation Front - Bahrain in 2002. The group won three seats in the Bahraini parliament in the 2002 elections...
, a leftist political party in the Kingdom of Bahrain
Bahrain
' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...
. He was born in 1938 during the British colonization of Bahrain. He was also a founding member of the National Liberation Front
National Liberation Front - Bahrain
The National Liberation Front—Bahrain is a clandestine Marxist-Leninist party in Bahrain. It was founded on 15 February 1955, the first left party in the Arab states of the Gulf region...
. He used the nom de guerre 'Saif bin Ali' .
He was one of the first victims of the State Security Law (Anti-human rights law that was cancelled in the democratic era of the kingdom). Many Bahrainis believe Dhawadi enriched the political movement in Bahrain even when he was in exile in Asian and African countries and later in Latin America.
In the eighties, he married Bahraini poet Hamda Khamees and had a daughter Reem and a son Qais.
With the advent of Bahrain's political reforms and King Hamad Bin Eisa Al Khalifa's call for Bahraini politicians to come back from exile, Dhawadi came to Bahrain in 2001 to start a new era of political activities in a democratic country.
Dhawadi supported the reforms and fought those who were against democratic projects. Dhawadi's life-long sufferings in prisons and exile were aimed at fulfilling his dream for a better future for the younger generations.
In 1994, he was diagnosed with colon cancer and in the last years of his life he underwent many operations, but the illness got the better of the fighter. He died on July 8, 2006, after a ten year battle with colon cancer.
See also
- Al ThawawidaAl ThawawidaThe Al Thawawda or Al Thawadi is an Arab tribe in the Arab Gulf states, particularly Bahrain. The Al Thawawda is believed to be a sub-clan of the Bani Khalid tribe....