The Muslim Brotherhood has become the world's largest, most influential Islamist group. This book examines the Brotherhood's active role in Egypt and throughout the Middle East and Arab world, exploring its evolving position on key issues, including gender, religious minorities, and political plural[...]
Women the world over are being prevented from engaging in politics. Women's political leadership of any sort is a rarity and a career in politics rarer still. We have, however, begun to understand what it takes to create an enabling environment for women's political participation. In this exciting [...]
In the light of the escalation of sectarian tensions during and after Mubarak's reign, the predicament of the Arab world's largest religious minority, the Copts, has come to the forefront. This book poses such questions as why there has been a mass exodus of Copts from Egypt, and how this relates to[...]