He is the founder of Abou-Shoka Advocates, a Cairo law practice,[1] and was a member of the Shura Council twice.
[2] In August 2010, he spoke out against boycotting the Egyptian parliamentary election, saying that it would be "like committing political suicide".
[4] In May 2012 Abu Shoka questioned the secretive judicial decision to lift a travel ban on foreign NGO workers accused of raising US funds without appropriate government authorization.
[6] Around that time he criticised the constitutionality of the law passed which attempted to bar Ahmed Shafik from standing in the 2012 presidential election.
He has vowed to transform the Wafd Party into a key player in the Egyptian political scene.