No God But God
Author: Geneive Abdo
Format: Hardback, 236 pages
Published: Oxford University Press Inc, United States, 2000
In Egypt, a new type of Islamic revival - a hidden revolution - has been quietly taking shape. Immersing herself in the lives of ordinary Egyptians, from the busy streets of Cairo to the quiet rural villages, Abdo shows how Egypt offers a new model for the transformation of a secular nation-state to an Islamic one without the violent overthrow of the ruling-power. Because the West has been so blinded by a narrow definition of Islam, Abdo argues, it has failed to notice that Egypt is quietly being transformed into an Islamic state - a development that will pose a greater challenge to western interests than the militant movements now on the decline.
Geneive Abdo is the correspondent in Iran for The Guardian and The Economist. She has reported from numerous Islamic countries over a decade, from the Middle East to North Africa and Central Asia. As a correspondent based in Cairo, she covered the Middle East for The Dallas Morning News. Ms. Abdo reported the fall of the Soviet Union for Reuters news agency. She was a staff writer for Newsday and the Baltimore Evening Sun . A graduate of the University of Texas, she was later a Fellow at the Program for Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University.
Author: Geneive Abdo
Format: Hardback, 236 pages
Published: Oxford University Press Inc, United States, 2000
In Egypt, a new type of Islamic revival - a hidden revolution - has been quietly taking shape. Immersing herself in the lives of ordinary Egyptians, from the busy streets of Cairo to the quiet rural villages, Abdo shows how Egypt offers a new model for the transformation of a secular nation-state to an Islamic one without the violent overthrow of the ruling-power. Because the West has been so blinded by a narrow definition of Islam, Abdo argues, it has failed to notice that Egypt is quietly being transformed into an Islamic state - a development that will pose a greater challenge to western interests than the militant movements now on the decline.
Geneive Abdo is the correspondent in Iran for The Guardian and The Economist. She has reported from numerous Islamic countries over a decade, from the Middle East to North Africa and Central Asia. As a correspondent based in Cairo, she covered the Middle East for The Dallas Morning News. Ms. Abdo reported the fall of the Soviet Union for Reuters news agency. She was a staff writer for Newsday and the Baltimore Evening Sun . A graduate of the University of Texas, she was later a Fellow at the Program for Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University.