Confronting Fascism in Egypt: Dictatorship versus Democracy in the 1930s
"InConfronting Fascism in Egypt, Israel Gershoni and James Jankowski succeed remarkably in overturning the perception of interwar Egypt that has prevailed for decades in the realm of Western academia . . . No study of interwar Egypt—or of interwar Arab public opinion for that matter, given the central importance of Egypt in that regard—can afford to ignore this landmark book from now on."—Gilbert Achcar,Arab Studies Journal"This impressive work is refreshing in its scope and yet attentive to the rich details of the Egyptian experience. It makes the powerful case that no transfer of Nazi ideology occurred in Egypt in the 1930s and details how Egyptian thinkers, including leaders of the Muslim Brothers, watched, appalled, as Hitler's regime pursued its racist programs. The authors know Egyptian history inside out and their use of Arabic periodical sources is dazzling." —Heather J. Sharkey, University of Pennsylvania