Shudi Atiya ash-Shafi (Arabic:شهدى عطية الشافعى) was an Egyptiancommunist theoretician and activist. Ash-Shafi studied inBritain, and returned to Egypt in 1942 with aMaster of Arts degree fromExeter College. After his return to Egypt he was employed at theMinistry of Education as anEnglish-language supervisor. He joined the communistIskra group, of which he became a prominent member. He went on to become director of the House of Scientific Research (aMarxist study centre set up byIskra) for a period. In 1947 he became editor of the newspaper of the group,al-Jamahir. In the same yearIskra merged into theDemocratic Movement for National Liberation (HADITU).[1]
As HADITU passed through inner-party conflicts, ash-Shafi resigned from the movement towards the end of 1947. After leaving HADITU, ash-Shafi became an active advocate for greater unity in the Egyptian communist movement.[1]
Ash-Shafi was arrested in a crackdown on leftist intellectuals, which had begun in January 1959. In 1960 he was beaten to death in theAbu Zabal prison camp.[1]
In 1957 a major work by authored by ash-Shafi was published,Tatawarah al-harakah al-wataniyah al-misriyah, 1882-1956 ('Development of the Egyptian Nationalist Movement, 1882-1956').[1] It was republished in 1983.[2]
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