“Even colloquial Egyptian changed: ‘Good morning’ (‘Naharak Saeed’) and ‘Good evening’ (‘masaa al-kheir’) were replaced by ‘peace be upon you’, Islam's greeting… — Tarek Osman Good evening Copy Share Image
“But he failed to use that mandate to transform his (and his people's) dreams into lasting institutions; he failed to convert his… — Tarek Osman Copy Share Image
“the expansionist Wahhabi project found fertile ground in Egypt. Three indigenous factors contributed to its favourable reception. First, between 1974 and 1985,… — Tarek Osman Saudi arabia Copy Share Image
“Thousands of prayer rooms (Zawyas) were established in garages and ground-floors in rich and poor neighbourhoods alike. In the mid-1980s there was… — Tarek Osman Rich and poor Copy Share Image
“Their chance came with the 2011 revolution. The group's leaders calculated that the end of Mubarak's reign would create a political void,… — Tarek Osman Leadership Copy Share Image
“Al-Zawahiri, the son of an upper middle-class family who had grown up in Al-Maadi, an affluent Cairene suburb, joined the Muslim Brotherhood… — Tarek Osman Bin laden Copy Share Image
“The group's growth was dramatic; in under fifteen years, the Brotherhood grew from a single room in Ismailiya to 3,000 branches across… — Tarek Osman Fifteen years Copy Share Image
“In Al-Karnak, an Egyptian film produced in the mid-1970s, the leading Egyptian actress Souad Hosni brilliantly exposed what a broken soul would… — Tarek Osman Broken soul Copy Share Image
“anger sweeping society expressed itself in significantly rising crime rates and everyday violence.26” — Tarek Osman Anger Copy Share Image
“Egyptian liberalism is typically presented as an odd combination of two arch enemies: monarchical (the liberal, Europe-oriented elite) and Nasserite (Arab nationalist,… — Tarek Osman Copy Share Image
“Egyptian mujahideen had a rich experience in Afghanistan. Thousands of young Egyptian men lived in Al-Sindh and the Punjab regions, and among… — Tarek Osman Money Copy Share Image
“Some of the key pillars of Nasser's project proved greatly lacking. The public sector evolved into a Soviet-style system of sterile thinking,… — Tarek Osman Economic development Copy Share Image
“the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century, political Islam in general, and the Muslim Brotherhood in particu lar, believed… — Tarek Osman Islam Copy Share Image
“The Brotherhood gambled on the ‘pious wings in the movement’ (the words of Hassan Al-Tuhami, one of the closest members of the… — Tarek Osman Leadership Copy Share Image
“The combination of the land-reform programme and the creation of the public sector resulted in around 75 per cent of Egypt's gross… — Tarek Osman Public sector Copy Share Image
“The Islamic movement in Egypt, from the late 1970s, managed to occupy the political space in the country that had been the… — Tarek Osman Islam Copy Share Image
“Shame Law’ which gave the state wide powers to prosecute anyone ‘who threatens the values of the society’; the values were defined… — Tarek Osman Family Copy Share Image
“Brotherhood extended its social reach and infrastructure into a much more developed political platform. In the late 1990s, the traditionally vague Muslim… — Tarek Osman First time Copy Share Image
“Islam became the uncontested ‘last resort’. The fall of loyalties and ideologies, the lack of national projects and the sense of humiliation… — Tarek Osman Last resort Copy Share Image
“The hero, the historical giant, the dream, was revealed to be a mere inept leader presiding over a failing system. He trusted… — Tarek Osman Dreams Copy Share Image
“The charm offensive was complemented by the work of a number of Islamic intellectuals with strong links to the Egyptian Islamic movement… — Tarek Osman Islam Copy Share Image
“economic aspect of Islamism penetrated a number of the economy's industrial and service sectors. For example, eight of the twenty richest families… — Tarek Osman Family Copy Share Image
“The story of Ayman Al-Zawahiri (head of Al-Qaeda following Osama bin Laden's killing in May 2011), his transform ation from a successful… — Tarek Osman Bin laden Copy Share Image
“the mid-2000s, Islamic banks operating in Egypt controlled around 10 per cent of the commercial deposits in the country's banking system; and… — Tarek Osman Banking system Copy Share Image
“Al-Sharaawi's fatwa that ‘humans do not own their bodies’ – and hence his prohibition of organ-transplant operations – was a key factor… — Tarek Osman Islam Copy Share Image
