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Inside the Muslim Brotherhood : religion, identity, and politics by ʻAnānī, Khalīl

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Shaping a Muslim state : the world of a mid-eighth-century Egyptian official by Sijpesteijn, Petra

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The challenge of political Islam : non-Muslims and the Egyptian state by Scott, Rachel M.

Contents: “…Non-Muslims in classical Islam -- Discontinuity, continuity, and the rise of Islamism -- Non-Muslims and the Egyptian state -- The dhimma -- Toward citizenship -- Citizenship in an Islamic state -- Coptic responses.…”

The Muslim Brotherhood and its quest for hegemony in Egypt : state-discourse and Islamist counter-discourse by Ranko, Annette

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Egypt The Muslim Brotherhood by Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase, Journeyman Pictures (Firm)

Contents: “…Political Activist (3:39) -- President Mubarak/Democracy in Egypt (3:37) -- Competition for Mubarak (2:01) -- Muslim Brotherhood (4:12) -- America's Foreign Policy (2:37) -- Obstacles in the Middle East (2:37) -- Democracy Campaigner (1:59) -- Credits: Egypt: The Muslim Brotherhood (0:10)…”
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Women and the Fatimids in the world of Islam by Cortese, Delia

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Sayyid Qutb : the life and legacy of a radical Islamic intellectual by Toth, James

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Writing women's worlds : Bedouin stories 15th anniversary ed. by Abu-Lughod, Lila

Subjects: “…Muslim women Egypt Social conditions.…”

The Nubians of West Aswan : village women in the midst of change by Jennings, Anne M., 1944-

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Nasser by ARTE France

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Mubarak by ARTE France

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Between marriage and the market : intimate politics and survival in Cairo by Hoodfar, Homa

“…Comparative studies on Muslim societies ;…”
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Egypt on the brink : from Nasser to Mubarak by Osman, Tarek

Egypt : security, political, and Islamist challenges by Zuhur, Sherifa

Contents: “…-- Islamism and radicalism in Egypt -- Islam and politics in Egypt -- The Muslim Brotherhood -- New radicals, and the new jihad under Sadat and beyond -- Radicals and moderates -- A war with Islamism -- Other types of repression -- Containing radical violence -- Al-Qa'ida's relationship with Egyptian Islamist militants -- Reemergence of jihad in Egypt? …”
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The life and legend of the Sultan Saladin by Phillips, Jonathan (Jonathan P.)

Contents: “…Introduction: Damascus 2009 -- The Muslim Near East and the First Crusade -- Nur al-Din and the City of Damascus -- Nur al-Din and the rise of the Jihad -- Shirkuh, Saladin and the conquest of Egypt -- Saladin's succession in Egypt -- Steps towards independence: the break with Nur al-Din -- Saladin's takeover of Damascus: open ambitions -- Progress stalls -- Victory at Jacob's Ford -- Saladin, Cairo and the River Nile -- Progress in Syria and Reynald's Red Sea raid -- Final preparations: the sieges of Kerak and Mosul -- The Battle of Hattin -- The capture of Jerusalem -- The siege of Tyre -- The siege of Acre, part I: 1189-90 -- The siege of Acre, part II: the threat from the north -- The arrival of Philip Augustus and Richard the Lionheart: the fall of Acre -- Battles of sword and words: Arsuf and diplomacy -- 1192: family feuding, the Battle of Jaffa and the end of the Third Crusade -- Peace at last -- Saladin's reputation in the west -- The view from the east: from the medieval age to the late nineteenth century -- Early Arab nationalism expressed through theatre, books and newspapers -- Struggles for independence in Syria, Egypt and Palestine -- Looking for a new Saladin, c. 1950-2001 -- Conclusion: Writing the history of Saladin.…”

Answering the call : popular Islamic activism in Egypt by Al-Arian, Abdullah A.

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Families of Egypt by Master Communications Group

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In an antique land 1st Vintage Departures ed. by Ghosh, Amitav

The violence pendulum : tactical change in Islamist groups in Egypt and Indonesia by Matesan, Ioana Emy

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The Coptic question in the Mubarak era by Elsässer, Sebastian

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