History of the Legend Sheik Ibrahim Sultan Ali

Sheik Ibrahim Sultan Ali was born 1909 in KEREN. He was one of the original proponents of the Eritrean Independence movement. Ibrahim was born in the city of Keren where he was educated in Islamic and Italian schools. He worked closely with Aboy Woldeab Woldemariam before the Federation with Ethiopia to secure Eritrean Independence. He was the founder of the Eritrean Muslim League.

     Joining the Eritrean Rail Ibrahim Sultan worked as a chief conductor from 1922 to 1926. From 1926 to 1941, he was head of Islamic Affairs section under Italian rule. In 1943 he founded a modern cheese and dairy plant in Tesseney. which he ran until 1945. The Eritrean Chamber of Commerce (ECC)was established later in that year and he became one of its senior staff members until the end of September 1946. At that time he was very active member.

    At the United Nations, Ibrahim envisioned a violent battle for independence if the UN acted against ""Eritrean interests, The Eritrean people's cause is a just cause of the independence of people who refuse and reject any form of annexation, dismember or a return to the hated colonialism no matter what type it would be, whatever form it takes, or from which direction it comes. This indisputable right to independence to which our country is attached can not be ignored without creating a new area of strife in East Africa, since the Eritrean people will never accept Ethiopian domination."" Sheik Ibrahim Sultan, "Statement by the Chairman of the delegation of the Muslim's League of Eritrea". Fifth session at the UN in 21-11-1950.
   He was nominally a member of the Eritrean Liberation Front (E.L.F) he broke away in 1970 and formed the People's Liberation Forces, (P.L.F) in the 70th which was an immediate precursor to the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (E.P.L.F) where he was reunited with his old ally from the pre-federation period, Aboy Woldeab Woldemariam.

Sheik Ibrahim died on 1 September 1987 (what would become the Eritrean Revolution Day) in Cairo, after having been sick for almost 6 years. He was buried on 5 September in Kassala Sudan by his Family and Fellow Eritreans.

 One of his most memorable speech is  
"My children of Eritrea, make peace amongst yourselves. Be united; Don't be Muslims and Christians. Avoid religious, ethnic and regional differences and confront your foes by forging solid unity. Because Eritrea is Dearest for us ans for our generation to come"" He was Right at all.