Egypt strips Habib brothers of citizenship over foreign nationality
Two Cabinet decisions revoke the Egyptian nationality of Anas and Tarek Habib for taking another nationality without government approval.
Two Cabinet decisions revoking the citizenship of Anas and Tarek Habib were published in the Official Gazette on Thursday, 12 November. The brothers acquired foreign nationality without the permission that Egyptian law requires, and the orders were signed by Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly on 1 and 2 November.
Decision No. 90 of 2026 removed the citizenship of Tarek Ibrahim Abdel-Rahman Habib, born in Beheira Governorate in September 1994. Decision No. 93 covered Anas Ibrahim Abdel-Rahman Mohamed Habib, born in Saudi Arabia in July 1998. Both followed a recommendation from the Minister of Interior and Cabinet approval, under Nationality Law No. 26 of 1975.
Anas Habib lives in the Netherlands and drew public attention in July 2025, when he filmed himself padlocking the gates of the Egyptian Embassy in The Hague during protests over aid restrictions on Gaza. The decisions do not say which foreign nationality either brother took.
Why it mattersEgyptians who take another nationality without ministerial permission can now lose their citizenship by Cabinet decision, as these two cases show.