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A history of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt based on first-person interviews with Brotherhood rank-and-file members.
List of contents
Prologue; Introduction; 1. The Society of the Muslim Brothers; 2. The Second Founding (1968-1981); 3. The Rise of the Vanguard (1981-1991); 4. Brotherhood Incorporated (1991-2001); 5. Struggle for Leadership (2001-2011); 6. Revolution, Rise and Fall (2011-2013); 7. The Beginning of the Fourth Ordeal (2013-2018); Conclusion; Epilogue.
About the author
Victor J. Willi completed his doctorate at the University of Oxford and his Master at the University of Zurich. He is currently employed by the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Switzerland, focusing on the geopolitics and economic of the current Middle East.
Summary
Based on first-person interviews with Brotherhood rank-and-file members, this is a history of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt from the late 1960s to 2018 providing a unique insight into the group's internal politics and key players with unprecedented access to Brotherhood members across all organizational levels.
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'A compelling and dramatic account of the rise of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood from suppressed opposition movement to the pinnacle of presidential power, only to be overthrown by the military in 2013 and banned as a terrorist organisation. An outstanding book, drawing on extensive interviews of Muslim brothers and their opponents, Victor J. Willi tells the story of the Muslim Brothers in their own words and as he himself witnessed events in the 2010s. The best book available on the most influential Islamist movement in the world.' Eugene Rogan, University of Oxford
