The Orphan Scandal: Christian Missionaries and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood - Paperback
by Beth Baron
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9780804791380ISBN-10:804791384UPC:9780804791380Book Category:History, ReligionBook Subcategory:Middle East, Modern, IslamBook Topic:Egypt, 20th CenturySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.8311Product ID:SCHFF244Q7
The Orphan Scandal: Christian Missionaries and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood
On a sweltering June morning in 1933 a fifteen-year-old Muslim orphan girl refused to rise in a show of respect for her elders at her Christian missionary school in Port Said. Her intransigence led to a beating--and to the end of most foreign missions in Egypt--and contributed to the rise of Islamist organizations.
Turkiyya Hasan left the Swedish Salaam Mission with scratches on her legs and a...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Stanford University PressISBN-13:9780804791380ISBN-10:804791384UPC:9780804791380Book Category:History, ReligionBook Subcategory:Middle East, Modern, IslamBook Topic:Egypt, 20th CenturySize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.8311Product ID:SCHFF244Q7
Beth Baron is Professor of History at City College and Director of the Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center at The Graduate Center, CUNY. She is the author of Egypt as a Woman: Nationalism, Gender, and Politics (2005) and The Women's Awakening in Egypt: Culture, Society, and the Press (1994).
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