Phar-Uh-Oh... Here's What Egyptian Law Says About Abdul El-Sayed's Potential Dual Nationality

s Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed a dual US-Egyptian citizen?

That question has dogged his campaign for months, with the Free Beacon reporting yesterday that AES, as he has become known, has now indicated at least twice that he does indeed hold Egyptian and American citizenship.

Now, a Crimson Hub review of Egyptian nationality laws prompted by a tip from a source with ties to moderates in AES’ family’s home country indicates that as a matter of Egyptian law, AES is likely to be a dual national and not simply a US citizen, no matter what his campaign is now claiming—even though it’s a little complicated.

Here’s what we found.

Egypt’s nationality law is set out in Law No. 26 of 1975 Concerning Egyptian Nationality.

Under that law, the children of Egyptian citizens automatically derive Egyptian citizenship from their parents.