Ṭāriq al-Bishrī was born in El Helmaya in Cairo on February 1, 1933. al-Bishrī’s initial political works focused on national political independence. According to al-Bishrī, Egyptian national independence was related to the international movements for independence, Arab unity, and to a sovereign domestic economy. Following Egypt's defeat by Israel in the 1967 War, al-Bishrī began thinking about the real reasons for this setback. He believed that to have independence, Egypt needs some common moral and beliefs to strengthen the feeling of belonging for all citizens. He searched for this nodular independence, which he found in the Islamic heritage.