He comes from a family of prominent human rights advocates, including human rights lawyer Ahmed Seif El Islam, Alaa's father, who was jailed multiple times under the regime of Hosni Mubarak.
Ya fito daga gidan mashahuran 'yan rajin kare haƙƙin al'umma, waɗanda suka haɗa da lauya ɗan rajin kare haƙƙin al'umma Ahmed Seif El Islam, wanda shi ne mahaifin Alaa, wanda aka ɗaure shi a lokuta da yawa a ƙarƙashin mulkin Hosni Mubarak.