A Portrait of Egypt: A Journey Through the World of Militant Islam

For centuries Egypt has been a citadel of Islamic learning and thought, and since the signing of the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty in 1979, it has been of immense strategic importance to American interests in the Middle East. But Egypt is also a country in crisis, torn between the old and the new, between unsettled religious revival and secular politics. President Hosni Mubarak favors a secular society. But Mubarak's government faces constant con...

By Mary Anne Weaver
Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux; First edition (August 7, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0374527105
ISBN-13: 978-0374527105
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.5 inches
Amazon Rank: 3409523
Format: PDF Text TXT book

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The best pre 9/11 book written on mind-set, practices, and goals of Islamists. Mary Anne Weaver masterfully interweaves Egyptian history, with interviews between, the Islamists, clerics, university students, government officials, political thinkers,

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