Ayman Nour, a prominent Egyptian opposition figure, talks on his mobile phone following an interview with Reuters in Istanbul, Turkey December 16, 2021. REUTERS/Murad Sezer 

Ayman Nour, a prominent Egyptian opposition figure, talks on his mobile phone following an interview with Reuters in Istanbul, Turkey December 16, 2021. REUTERS/Murad Sezer 

Ayman Nour, a prominent Egyptian opposition figure, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Istanbul, Turkey December 16, 2021. REUTERS/Murad Sezer 

Ayman Nour, a prominent Egyptian opposition figure, speaks during an interview with Reuters in Istanbul, Turkey December 16, 2021. REUTERS/Murad Sezer 

Yasin Aktay, an adviser to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, and Egyptian politician Ayman Nour talk to media after attending a trial on the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Arabian Consulate, in Istanbul, Turkey November 24, 2020. REUTERS/Bulent Usta 

Yasin Aktay, an adviser to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan, and Egyptian politician Ayman Nour leave from a courthouse after attending a trial on the killing of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Arabian Consulate, in Istanbul, Turkey November 24, 2020. REUTERS/Bulent Usta 

Egyptian politician Ayman Nour talks to the media as friends of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi hold posters and banners with his pictures during a demonstration outside the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, Turkey October 25, 2018. REUTERS/Osman Orsal 

Egyptian politician Ayman Nour talks to the media as friends of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi hold posters with his pictures during a demonstration outside the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, Turkey October 25, 2018. REUTERS/Osman Orsal 

Egyptian politician Ayman Nour talks to the media as friends of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi hold posters and banners with his pictures during a demonstration outside the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, Turkey October 25, 2018. REUTERS/Osman Orsal 

Egyptian politician Ayman Nour talks to the media in front of the Saudi Arabia's consulate in the case of jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul, Turkey, October 20, 2018. REUTERS/Osman Orsal 

Ayman Nour (3rd L), leader of Egyptian opposition party El-Ghad (Tomorrow), meets with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (3rd R) and members of his delegation in Cairo March 2, 2013. Kerry arrived in Egypt on his first visit to the Arab world since taking office for talks with the leaders of a country mired in political and economic crisis two years after the overthrow of autocrat Hosni Mubarak. REUTERS/Khaled Elfiqi/Pool (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Ayman Nour (3rd L), leader of Egyptian opposition party El-Ghad (Tomorrow), speaks with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (3rd R) in Cairo March 2, 2013. Kerry arrived in Egypt on his first visit to the Arab world since taking office for talks with the leaders of a country mired in political and economic crisis two years after the overthrow of autocrat Hosni Mubarak. REUTERS/Khaled Elfiqi/Pool (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (2nd R) meets with members of Egyptian political parties, including Ayman Nour (L), in Cairo March 2, 2013. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will stress the importance Egypt achieves political consensus for painful economic reforms needed to secure an IMF loan, a senior U.S. official said on Saturday. Kerry arrived in Egypt on his first visit to the Arab world since taking office for talks with the leaders of a country mired in political and economic crisis two years after the overthrow of autocrat Hosni Mubarak. REUTERS/Jacquelyn Martin/Pool (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Egyptian presidential candidate Ayman Nour, surrounded by his supporters, waves as he makes his way to Andalus Palace, where candidates submit candidacy papers, in Cairo April 6, 2012, days before the door for nominations is set to close. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Egyptian presidential candidate Ayman Nour is surrounded by his supporters as he makes his way to Andalus Palace, where candidates submit candidacy papers, in Cairo April 6, 2012, days before the door for nominations is set to close. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Egyptian presidential candidate Ayman Nour walks amongst his supporters as he makes his way to Andalus Palace, where candidates submit candidacy papers, in Cairo April 6, 2012, days before the door for nominations is set to close. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

A man walks past election campaign posters for presidential candidate Ayman Nour in Cairo April 5, 2012. The presidential election will be held on May 23 and 24. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

A man speaks on a phone in front of campaign election posters for presidential candidates Ahmed Shafiq (R) and Ayman Nour in Cairo April 5, 2012. The presidential election will be held on May 23 and 24. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Egyptian politician Ayman Nour speaks during a news conference to announce he has presented his candidacy papers to the Higher Presidential Elections Commission (HPEC), in Cairo March 29, 2012. Egypt's military rulers on Wednesday lifted a ban preventing Nour from running for the presidency, opening the way for a presidential bid by the liberal politician who came a distant second to Hosni Mubarak in a 2005 election. REUTERS/Stringer (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Egyptian politician Ayman Nour leaves after a news conference to announce he has presented his candidacy papers to the Higher Presidential Elections Commission (HPEC), in Cairo March 29, 2012. Egypt's military rulers on Wednesday lifted a ban preventing Nour from running for the presidency, opening the way for a presidential bid by the liberal politician who came a distant second to Hosni Mubarak in a 2005 election. REUTERS/Stringer (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Egyptian politician Ayman Nour speaks during a news conference to announce he has presented his candidacy papers to the Higher Presidential Elections Commission (HPEC), in Cairo March 29, 2012. Egypt's military rulers on Wednesday lifted a ban preventing Nour from running for the presidency, opening the way for a presidential bid by the liberal politician who came a distant second to Hosni Mubarak in a 2005 election. REUTERS/Stringer (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Ayman Nour, chairman of el-Ghad political party and presidential candidate, speaks during a conference for Egypt's presidential candidates in Cairo June 4, 2011. The conference was held for Egypt's potential presidential candidates in the upcoming elections to meet and discuss issues regarding the elections and the country's political future, according to the organisers. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS PROFILE) 

Ayman Nour, chairman of el-Ghad political party and presidential candidate, speaks during a conference for Egypt's presidential candidates in Cairo June 4, 2011. The conference was held for Egypt's potential presidential candidates in the upcoming elections to meet and discuss issues regarding the elections and the country's political future, according to the organisers. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS PROFILE) 

Ayman Nour, former member of the Egyptian Parliament and presidential candidate, speaks at a meeting of the 'People's Parliament', a shadow parliament set up by Egypt's opposition parties, in Cairo March 1, 2011. Nour on Tuesday told Reuters Television he intends to run in Egypt's upcoming presidential elections. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Ayman Nour, former member of the Egyptian Parliament and presidential candidate, attends a meeting of the 'People's Parliament', a shadow parliament set up by Egypt's opposition parties, in Cairo March 1, 2011. Nour on Tuesday told Reuters Television he intends to run in Egypt's upcoming presidential elections. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Ayman Nour, former member of the Egyptian Parliament and presidential candidate, speaks at a meeting of the 'People's Parliament', a shadow parliament set up by Egypt's opposition parties, in Cairo March 1, 2011. Nour on Tuesday told Reuters Television he intends to run in Egypt's upcoming presidential elections. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Ayman Nour (L), Egyptian politician and a former member of the Egyptian Parliament, congratulates a couple who got engaged in Tahrir square in Cairo February 8, 2011. Egypt has a plan and timetable for the peaceful transfer of power, the vice president said on Tuesday, as protesters called more demonstrations to show their campaign to oust President Hosni Mubarak remains potent. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST SOCIETY) 

Opposition politician and chairman of el-Ghad political party Ayman Nour speaks during a rally at Tahrir Square in downtown Cairo February 1, 2011. Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians, from students and doctors to the jobless poor, swamped Cairo on Tuesday in the biggest demonstration so far in an uprising against an increasingly isolated President Hosni Mubarak. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

A poster with a picture of Gamal Mubarak, the 47-year-old son of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak is seen as opposition politician and chairman of the El-Ghad political party Ayman Nour speaks during a news conference in Cairo August 1, 2010. The poster from Nour's party was produced to show their opposition to the campaign initiated by Gamal Mubarak's supporters for his nomination in next year's presidential elections for the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP). The words on the poster read "Egypt is too big for you". REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS) 

Opposition politician and chairman of the El-Ghad political party Ayman Nour holds a poster with a picture of Gamal Mubarak, the 47-year-old son of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, as he speaks during a news conference in Cairo August 1, 2010. The poster from the El-Ghad political party led by Ayman Nour was produced to show their opposition to the campaign initiated by Gamal Mubarak's supporters for his nomination in next year's presidential elections for the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP). The words on the poster read "Egypt is too big for you". REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY) 

Opposition supporters staple a poster with a picture showing Gamal Mubarak, the 47-year-old son of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak, on a wall in Cairo August 1, 2010. The poster from the El-Ghad political party led by Ayman Nour was produced to show their opposition to the campaign initiated by Gamal Mubarak's supporters for his nomination in next year's presidential elections for the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP). The words on the poster read "Egypt is too big for you". REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El-Ghany (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY) 

Egyptian opposition leader Ayman Nour talks to protesters who are demonstrating against the government of Egyptian President Mubarak in Cairo April 20, 2010. Protesters gathered in central Cairo on Tuesday, condemning calls by politicians and officials loyal to Mubarak for security forces to open fire on pro-democracy demonstrations. REUTERS/Tarek Mostafa (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST) 

Opposition politician and chairman of el-Ghad political party Ayman Nour speaks during a news conference regarding his election campaign in Cairo April 6, 2010. Nour is seeking a presidential bid for the country's 2011 presidential elections. The campaign pamphlet reads "Save Egypt." REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) 

Opposition politician and chairman of el-Ghad political party Ayman Nour speaks during a news conference regarding his election campaign in Cairo April 6, 2010. Nour is seeking a presidential bid for the country's 2011 presidential elections. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: POLITICS ELECTIONS) 

Opposition politician and chairman of el-Ghad political party Ayman Nour speaks during a news conference about his election campaign as he holds a copy of Foreign Policy magazine's article on Gamal Mubarak, son of Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak and head of the higher political committee of the country's National Democratic Party (NDP), in Cairo April 6, 2010. Nour is seeking a presidential bid for the country's 2011 presidential elections. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: ELECTIONS POLITICS) 

Opposition politician and chairman of el-Ghad political party Ayman Nour speaks during a news conference regarding his election campaign in Cairo April 6, 2010. Nour is seeking a presidential bid for the country's 2011 presidential elections. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh (EGYPT - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS) 

Opposition politician and chairman of el-Ghad political party Ayman Nour speaks during an interview with Reuters in Cairo April 11, 2009. Nour, a prominent Egyptian opposition politician, said he was ready to run for president in 2011 if he can overturn a ban that now disqualifies him from competing. Picture taken April 11, 2009. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT POLITICS HEADSHOT) 

Opposition politician and chairman of el-Ghad political party Ayman Nour speaks during an interview with Reuters in Cairo April 11, 2009. Nour, a prominent Egyptian opposition politician, said he was ready to run for president in 2011 if he can overturn a ban that now disqualifies him from competing. Picture taken April 11, 2009. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT POLITICS) 

Opposition politician and chairman of el-Ghad political party Ayman Nour speaks during an interview with Reuters in Cairo April 11, 2009. Nour, a prominent Egyptian opposition politician, said he was ready to run for president in 2011 if he can overturn a ban that now disqualifies him from competing. Picture taken April 11, 2009. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT POLITICS) 

Opposition politician and chairman of el-Ghad political party Ayman Nour speaks during an interview with Reuters in Cairo April 11, 2009. Nour, a prominent Egyptian opposition politician, said he was ready to run for president in 2011 if he can overturn a ban that now disqualifies him from competing. Picture taken April 11, 2009. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT POLITICS) 

Opposition politician Ayman Nour (C) and his supporters take part in a protest in front of the State Council in Cairo April 6, 2009. Egyptian police are deployed throughout the country in preparation for a nationwide protest called by opposition groups, with dozens of people arrested in the run-up to today's protest. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah (EGYPT POLITICS CONFLICT) 

Egyptian opposition politician Ayman Nour (L) talks to George Isaac, former Coordinator of the (opposition) Kefaya Movement, before giving a news conference at his private office, also the symbolic headquarters of his political party (al-Ghad party) in Cairo, February 19, 2009. Egyptian authorities unexpectedly freed opposition politician Nour on Wednesday after more than three years of imprisonment on forgery charges he said were politically motivated. Nour said on Thursday he would not resume his post at the helm of the Ghad party but would continue as a member. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT) 

Egyptian opposition politician Ayman Nour greets his supporters in the street in front of his private office, also the symbolic headquarter of his political party (al-Ghad party) in Cairo, February 19, 2009. Egyptian authorities unexpectedly freed opposition politician Nour on Wednesday after more than three years of imprisonment on forgery charges he said were politically motivated. Nour said on Thursday he would not resume his post at the helm of the Ghad party but would continue as a member. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT) 

Egyptian opposition politician, Ayman Nour, greets his supporters in the street in front of his private office, also the symbolic headquarters of his political party (al-Ghad party) in Cairo, February 19, 2009. Egyptian authorities unexpectedly freed opposition politician Nour on Wednesday after more than three years of imprisonment on forgery charges he said were politically motivated. Nour said on Thursday he would not resume his post at the helm of the Ghad party but would continue as a member. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT) 

Egyptian opposition politician, Ayman Nour, speaks during a news conference at his private office, also the symbolic headquarters of his political party (al-Ghad party), in Cairo, February 19, 2009. Egyptian authorities unexpectedly freed opposition politician Nour on Wednesday after more than three years of imprisonment on forgery charges he said were politically motivated. Nour said on Thursday he would not resume his post at the helm of the Ghad party but would continue as a member. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT) 

Egyptian opposition politician, Ayman Nour, speaks to one of his supporters at his home in Cairo, February 18, 2009. Egyptian authorities unexpectedly freed opposition politician Nour on Wednesday after more than three years of imprisonment on forgery charges he said were politically motivated. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT) 

Gamila Ismail, wife of Egyptian opposition politician, Ayman Nour, speaks to the media at their home in Cairo after he was released from prison, February 18, 2009. Egyptian authorities unexpectedly freed opposition politician Nour on Wednesday after more than three years of imprisonment on forgery charges he said were politically motivated.
REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT) 

Egyptian opposition politician, Ayman Nour, speaks to the media at his home in Cairo after being released from prison, February 18, 2009. Egyptian authorities unexpectedly freed opposition politician Ayman Nour on Wednesday after more than three years of imprisonment on forgery charges he said were politically motivated.
REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT) 

Egyptian opposition politician, Ayman Nour (C) hugs one of his supporters as his son (L) looks on, at his home in Cairo after being released from the prison, February 18, 2009. Egyptian authorities unexpectedly freed opposition politician Nour on Wednesday after more than three years of imprisonment on forgery charges he said were politically motivated.
REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT) 

Egyptian politician, Ayman Nour, waves to his supporters while riding in a car outside of his home in Cairo, February 18, 2009. Egyptian authorities unexpectedly freed opposition politician Nour on Wednesday after more than three years of imprisonment on forgery charges he said were politically motivated. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT) 

Egyptian politician, Ayman Nour, manoeuvres between the media and his supporters after being released from prison in Cairo, February 18, 2009. Egyptian authorities unexpectedly freed opposition politician Nour on Wednesday after more than three years of imprisonment on forgery charges he said were politically motivated.
REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT) 

Egyptian opposition politician, Ayman Nour, speaks to the media at his home in Cairo after being released from prison, February 18, 2009. Egyptian authorities unexpectedly freed opposition politician Nour on Wednesday after more than three years of imprisonment on forgery charges he said were politically motivated. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih (EGYPT) 

Gameela Ismail (L) holds a photograph of her husband, jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour, next to other protesters during a candlelight vigil in Talaat Harb Square in Cairo December 5, 2007. Nour, founder of the liberal al-Ghad party and the main challenger to President Hosni Mubarak in the presidential election in 2005, is serving a five-year sentence on charges of forging documents REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT) 

A woman is carried away by fellow protesters after she was injured in a scuffle with riot police during a candlelight vigil for jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour in Talaat Harb Square in Cairo December 5, 2007. Nour, founder of the liberal al-Ghad party and the main challenger to President Hosni Mubarak in the presidential election in 2005, is serving a five-year sentence on charges of forging documents. REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT) 

Gameela Ismail holds a photograph of her husband, jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour, during a candlelight vigil in Talaat Harb Square in Cairo December 5, 2007. Nour, founder of the liberal al-Ghad party and the main challenger to President Hosni Mubarak in the presidential election in 2005, is serving a five-year sentence on charges of forging documents REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT) 

Gameela Ismail (L) holds a photograph of her husband, jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour, next to other protesters during a candlelight vigil in Talaat Harb Square in Cairo December 5, 2007. Nour, founder of the liberal al-Ghad party and the main challenger to President Hosni Mubarak in the presidential election in 2005, is serving a five-year sentence on charges of forging documents REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT) 

Protesters hold photographs of jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour during a candlelight vigil in Talaat Harb Square in Cairo December 5, 2007. Nour, founder of the liberal al-Ghad party and the main challenger to President Hosni Mubarak in the presidential election in 2005, is serving a five-year sentence on charges of forging documents. REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT) 

Protesters hold photographs of jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour during a candlelight vigil in Talaat Harb Square in Cairo December 5, 2007. Nour, founder of the liberal al-Ghad party and the main challenger to President Hosni Mubarak in the presidential election in 2005, is serving a five-year sentence on charges of forging documents. REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT) 

A photograph of jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour is seen during a candlelight vigil held by protesters in Talaat Harb Square in Cairo December 5, 2007. Nour, founder of the liberal al-Ghad party and the main challenger to President Hosni Mubarak in the presidential election in 2005, is serving a five-year sentence on charges of forging documents. REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT) 

A protester holds a photo of jailed opposition leader Ayman Nour during a candlelight vigil in Talaat Harb Square in Cairo December 5, 2007. Nour, founder of the liberal al-Ghad party and the main challenger to President Hosni Mubarak in the presidential election in 2005, is serving a five-year sentence on charges of forging documents. REUTERS/Nasser Nuri (EGYPT)