Interviews with members of the Muslim Brotherhood, internal documents, and detailed knowledge of the movement's long history make up the rich resources of this book. Khalil al-Anani discusses all of the above in a lucid prose informed by social movement theory, social psychology, and the sociology of religion. In the process, he provides us with one of the most useful books on one of the most important Islamic movements in a century. Unlike so much else that has been
published on the Brotherhood recently, readers here will find a composed treatment that does not lose the larger portrait in the heat of the moment.
Khalil al-Anani is Associate Professor at Doha Institute for Graduate Studies in Qatar. He previously taught at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), Georgetown University, George Washington University, and George Mason University. He is co-editor (with Mahmoud Hamad) of Elections and Democratization in the Middle East (2014).