John R. Bradley

“Yet all the while these same liberals were calling for more uprisings in the Arab world, more bravery from the protestors, more…

— John R. Bradley

“That constriction of discourse cannot be unconditionally accepted, but the problem in condemning it at the present time is that the group…

— John R. Bradley

“The liberals, cowering under the banner of “humane interventionism,” are no less imperialistic than before. As they sit in America and Britain…

— John R. Bradley

“Clerics and senior government officials are promoting temporary marriage as a way to deal with the undeniable realities and to stem the…

— John R. Bradley

“Nasser taught the Egyptians to be cowards, opportunists, and hypocrites.”

— John R. Bradley

“But in 1954 the organization was banned, then almost annihilated by Nasser. He claimed they tried to assassinate him while he delivered…

— John R. Bradley

“lingering belief in this male-chauvinist society that women who are raped somehow were asking for it, and the inapproachability becomes absolute. Women…

— John R. Bradley

“And the president, Dr. Ismail Lutfi, was—as he would proudly tell me—a graduate of a hardline Wahhabi institution, namely Riyadh’s Imam Muhammad…

— John R. Bradley

“While a man is limited to four wives under a full marriage contract, there is no limit to how many temporary wives…

— John R. Bradley

“Luxor has long had a reputation as the Sin City of Egypt. Archaeologists from Johns Hopkins University, presently working in the local…

— John R. Bradley

“Egypt is now a deeply conservative country that, over the past two decades, has so pervasively succumbed to the Wahhabi customs promoted…

— John R. Bradley

“Government neglect and endemic poverty means that, aside from the constant hassle tourists must suffer from the legion of touts, many of…

— John R. Bradley

“Luxor, Egypt's best known and historically most popular tourist resort. In recent years, the city has also been transformed into the male…

— John R. Bradley

“After the fall of Mubarak, Salafist groups had been sprouting throughout Egypt. Nobody knew where they came from. But they were blamed…

— John R. Bradley

“But Egyptian men would do well to learn that they should treat others as they would be treated themselves. For many of…

— John R. Bradley

“Unlike in Tunis, prostitutes can be found in all middle-class districts of Cairo, but especially those that are home to the Egyptian…

— John R. Bradley

“In Southeast Asia, the Wahhabization process began in the 1960s, when the ideas of the Muslim Brotherhood were the great intellectual fashion…

— John R. Bradley

“To Egypt's eternal shame—this is, after all, a country that makes it a crime to besmirch its image abroad—nearly the only help…

— John R. Bradley

“Few of the women I saw on the streets of Damascus wore head scarves, and the men were as open-minded, at least…

— John R. Bradley

“Syria, there are clear red lines when it comes to politics and religion, but people’s personal habits are not considered part of…

— John R. Bradley

“The local men who cruise with other men told me that everyone understood they were free to do whatever they liked, and…

— John R. Bradley

“The only clear result is the absolute and total deterioration of our architectural landscape: from the landmarks and way people live to…

— John R. Bradley

“best soldiers to the southern Arabian tribal country and thus leaving Egypt defenseless in 1967, was not only a tactical military miscalculation;…

— John R. Bradley

“If single Western women travelers have a hard time in Luxor, it is as nothing as compared to what single Western men…

— John R. Bradley

“This kind of thing is happening here in Al-Ahram all the time. It's very difficult to keep your hands clean. There are…

— John R. Bradley