Mustafa Kamil born on 14 August 1874 , was an Egyptian  journalist and political figure  , trained as a lawyer at the French law school in Cairo and the Law Faculty at the University of Toulouse in France .

He began his career as an Egyptian nationalist by collaborating with the French , the Ottoman sultan, and Khedive Abbas Hilmi II . 

He was strongly backed by one of Egypt’s nobles “Pasha” Mohammad Farid , who spent his last penny on the Egyptian independence case even after Mustafa’s death – as he became the leader of the National Party – and he was the one who made it possible for Kamil to visit France and Britain .

In 1900, Kamil founded the newspaper Al-Liwa’ (”The Standard”) as a platform for his views and utilized his skill as both a journalist and lawyer .

He also founded a boys’ school open to Egyptian Muslims, Christians, and Jews .

His cause was aided by an atrocity known as the Dinshaway Incident (June 1906), in which four peasants were hastily tried and hanged for having assaulted uniformed British officers who were shooting pigeons in their village. He founded the National Party in December 1907, two months before his death. His funeral was the occasion for a massive demonstration of popular grief. He is remembered as a fervent patriot and an articulate advocate of Egyptian independence .

He died of tuberculosis (but some think he was poisoned) in the thirty-fourth year of his life, and his funeral was the occasion for a massive demonstration of popular grief .