'With the Islamists?-sometimes. with the state?-never!' cooperation between the left and Islamists in Egypt

British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 37-54

  Abdelrahman, Maha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIVIL SOCIETY; ISLAMISM; PARTY POLITICS; POLITICAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL MOVEMENT;

AFRICA; ASIA; EGYPT; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 70449578976     PISSN: 13530194     EISSN: 14693542     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13530190902749556     Document Type: Article

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