Unheard Voices of the Young Egyptian Brothers: Pathways of Activism after 2013

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Drawing upon extensive fieldwork, this book unveils the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood intra-dynamics by examining the emerging pathways of political disengagement and radicalization in the aftermath of 2013 Coup. It explores how the 2011 waves of protest and the 2013 military takeover of power two contradictory phases, in terms of their implications for political Islam shaped young members perceptions towards Egyptian politics, violence and the role of Islamic political groups. This offers a key to understanding the ideological and strategic evolution of Islamists, in alignment with regional changes such as the rise of transnational jihadist groups and the fading of popular protest in the Arab region. The book relies on Social Movement Theory and contentious politics literature to develop a relational approach for analysing the positionalities of the young Brothers. This elucidates change within Islamic groups as a multi-layered, evolving phenomenon that cannot be attributed solely to either ideological or structural changes, but rather to manifold factors operating at different levels. It also rejects the prevailing binary classification of moderate versus radical activism when seeking to understand the effects of repression on the trajectories of Islamic movements members.

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Doha Abdelgawad has written a must-read primer for anyone considering the future of political Islam. She has shown great competence and originality in her research work. This book, which examines the youth trajectories and contested trends within the MB in Egypt, is remarkably balanced, well-composed, and reliable. -- Abdel-Fattah Mady, Professor of Political Science, Alexandria University, Egypt
This path-breaking book, based on a fascinating dataset of personal narratives, is the first to systematically analyse the activist trajectories of young members of the Muslim Brotherhood in the wake of 2013 military coup in Egypt. Doha Abdelgawad reveals the diverse ways in which young movement members respond to state repression and attempt to carve out pathways of activism, with significant implications for how we understand the evolution of Islamist movements. * Nicola Pratt, Professor, University of Warwick, UK *

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Doha Abdelgawad is currently Teaching Fellow at the University of Leeds, UK. She previously taught at the University of Chester, UK and the Department of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, Egypt.