Hala Shukrallah, a Christian who now leads the liberal Dostour party, say her election marks a huge social shift in a land wedded to strongmen Hala Shukrallah was elected leader of Egypt’s Dostour party last week, since when journalists have barely stopped bothering her. Her party’s reputation has something to do with it: Dostour (“Constitution”) was founded by Mohamed ElBaradei, the exiled Nobel laureate many hoped would lead post-revolutionary Egypt.