55 Days Into Hunger Strike, Activist’s Mother Says She ‘Won’t Back Down’

Laila Soueif, the British-born mother of the Egyptian political prisoner Alaa Abd El Fattah, is demanding the U.K. do more to secure his release.Laila Soueif, the mother of the Egyptian political prisoner Alaa Abd El Fattah in 2022. She stopped eating on Sept. 29, after it became clear that her son would not be released after serving a five-year sentence.