“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
“Nasser's ‘Arabism’ was thus almost unprecedented in Egypt's long history. Nasser did not even invent Arab nationalism as a political identity. The… — Tarek Osman History 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 Israel 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 Copy Share Image
“country's middle class was growing at a very slow pace. By the late 1940s, around 5 per cent of the population controlled… — Tarek Osman Middle class Copy Share Image
“Cairo itself was founded under their rule in 969, as was Al-Azhar (whose name is derived from that of Al-Zahraa). The dynasty… — Tarek Osman Israel 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 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
“There was a major demographic boom in Egypt from the 1980s, in which the population almost doubled from around 45 million to… — Tarek Osman Copy Share Image
“Paris on the Nile’ or the ‘finery of Cairo’, Al-Ismailiya – a district to which Ismael gave his name – comprised large,… — Tarek Osman 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
“most intellectually intriguing episode in Ibn Hanbal's life was his fierce struggle with Al-Mutazillah, an isolationist school of Islamic philosophy that flourished… — Tarek Osman Life Copy Share Image
“The liberal constitutional experiment that the Egyptian political scene had witnessed in the 1930s and 1940s remained the province of Cairo's and… — Tarek Osman Israel 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 Israel 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 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
“The Alexandria Bourse (the fourth largest worldwide) and the Cairo stock exchange were sizable, international markets. In fact, the story of the… — Tarek Osman Board of directors Copy Share Image
“Al-Azhar had over several decades lost part of its authoritative intellectual firepower. Several notable theologians emerged in Egypt (and elsewhere in the… — Tarek Osman Theologians Copy Share Image
“hiwala's expansion in the 1980s and 1990s, when hundreds of offices were set up across Egypt, was exponential. In a few years,… — Tarek Osman Halal 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
“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
“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
“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
“Unlike political Islamism, Arab nationalism has no major following on the Egyptian streets. Unlike liberal capitalism, it lacks the resources and the… — Tarek Osman Israel 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
“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
“Khaled Yousef's Hina Maysara a voyeuristic, smash-hit film, produced in 2007, recounts of the story of Cairene slums – such as Imbaba… — Tarek Osman Children 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 Islam Copy Share Image
“In the end, the majority of Egyptians overwhelmingly approved the proposed constitutional amendments. Of the more than 18 million Egyptians who voted… — Tarek Osman Israel Copy Share Image
“Between 1991 and 1993, the militants had virtually taken complete control of Imbaba, replacing the government as the social arbiter. The situation… — Tarek Osman Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
“regime also imposed a further restriction on religious parties (and independent parliamentary candidates), namely an amendment of Articles 1 and 2 of… — Tarek Osman Israel Copy Share Image
“Some (but not Nasser) actually ‘swore on the Koran and the sword’ (pleaded allegiance to the group). But neither the Brotherhood's political… — Tarek Osman Israel Copy Share Image
“Whereas in 1800 at least 90 per cent of Egyptians were poor peasants, by 1900 more than 25 per cent of the… — Tarek Osman Family 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
“The 1981 assassination of President Sadat is the perfect example of that flexible structure and decentralized modus operandi. The crime was undertaken… — Tarek Osman Assassination 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
“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
“Rather, the society was wide open to popular Western culture at the very time when it was being drawn towards conservatism and… — Tarek Osman Desperate housewives Copy Share Image
“The change can be measured in the increase in the proportion of women in Egypt wearing the veil, from less than 30… — Tarek Osman Change Copy Share Image
“Luxor attack in 1997 in which Al-Jamaa Al-Islamiya killed fifty-eight tourists and four Egyptians outside a pharaonic temple. In the same year,… — Tarek Osman Police officers Copy Share Image
