“Unlike political Islamism, Arab nationalism has no major following on the Egyptian streets. Unlike liberal capitalism, it lacks the resources and the… — Tarek Osman Politics Copy Share Image
“modernization’ of the 1970s and 1980s, by contrast, unintentionally blended plain Wahhabi Islamism with Western, especially American, popular culture, coexisting in an… — Tarek Osman Comfort zone Copy Share Image
“economic situation in the 1970s and 1980s also supported the rise of the religious movement. Open economic policies that Sadat introduced in… — Tarek Osman Economics Copy Share Image
“theatre, pioneering artists such as Fatima Rouschdie and Naguib Al-Rihani introduced popular comedies as well as melodramas (Al-Rihani 1889–1948, ‘the father of… — Tarek Osman Art Copy Share Image
“The speed of these social changes outpaced the development of Egyptian society and the people. Land reform and asset nationalization resulted in… — Tarek Osman Change Copy Share Image
“since ancient times, the people of Egypt have been expert in deceit and treachery’, he said, before recommending a ruthless campaign in… — Tarek Osman Time Copy Share Image
“he did revive the thinking of two respectable (if rejectionist) Islamic thinkers of mediaeval times, Ibn Hanbal and Ibn Taimiyah, and used… — Tarek Osman Time Copy Share Image
“Believing that Egypt's future lay with the Levant, Iraq, Iran and the Arabian peninsula, the easternists sought to establish strong relationships with… — Tarek Osman Family Copy Share Image
“Voice of the Arabs (Sout Al-Arab), Nasser's far-reaching radio station, became a propagandist vehicle par excellence, conveying the leader's fiery speeches to… — Tarek Osman Leadership Copy Share Image
“A number of the coup's leaders, including Nasser, had relationships with the Brotherhood. Some (but not Nasser) actually ‘swore on the Koran… — Tarek Osman Leadership Copy Share Image
“Tawfik Al-Hakeem, one of Egypt's most renowned twentieth-century writers, described Nasser as a ‘confused Sultan” — Tarek Osman Copy Share Image
“The 1981 assassination of President Sadat is the perfect example of that flexible structure and decentralized modus operandi. The crime was undertaken… — Tarek Osman Islam Copy Share Image
“1923 constitution. The committee, which comprised five Christians, one Jew and six Muslims, instituted Article 1 (that Islam is the religion of… — Tarek Osman Christianity Copy Share Image
“regime had handled the military threat successfully.41 But the rise of Islamism as a social force was a different story.” — Tarek Osman Different story Copy Share Image
“civic, secular, nationalist frame of reference (devoid of any religious underpinnings) would face immense challenges in today's highly religious Egyptian society.” — Tarek Osman Religion Copy Share Image
“(Ibrahim Pasha captured and flattened the Saudis' capital of Diraiyah – now a suburb of Riyadh, arrested the Saudi emir Abdullah Ibn… — Tarek Osman Copy Share Image
“Land reform was enacted through enforcing a 100-acre ceiling on the size of any single family's holding; ending absentee ownership; capping rent… — Tarek Osman Family Copy Share Image
“Sadat, years later, commented that Nasser did not die on 28 September 1970 but on 5 June 1967 (the day the war broke out).” — Tarek Osman War Copy Share Image
“Neither Mohamed Ali nor any of his descendants (up to King Fuad, who ascended to the throne in 1917) even spoke classical… — Tarek Osman Mohamed Ali Copy Share Image
“after challenging France by arming and bankrolling the Algerian revolutionaries, he had the courage to send thousands of his troops to Yemen,… — Tarek Osman Courage Copy Share Image
“seemed to be turning Egypt from a poor and lethargic economy into an exemplary developmental case study. The country's economy grew at… — Tarek Osman Economics Copy Share Image
“vital historical fact: that Gamal Abdel Nasser signifies the only truly Egyptian developmental project in the country's history since the fall of… — Tarek Osman History Copy Share Image
“Ibn Taimiyah spent years hunting down any philosophical interpretation that appeared to deviate from the literalist, ‘clear’ interpretation of the Koran. He… — Tarek Osman Famous book Copy Share Image
“Nasserite project was increasingly becoming real; something akin to a ‘United Arab World’ could, at the time, be envisaged; it was impossible… — Tarek Osman Copy Share Image
“Friends, the ancient word is dead; the ancient books are dead; our speech with holes like worn-out shoes is dead; our poems… — Tarek Osman Books Copy Share Image
