Middle East – Egypt (see Also Ancient Egypt)

Book cover of The Muslim Brotherhood and the West: A History of Enmity and Engagement by Martyn Frampton
Africa

The Muslim Brotherhood and the West: A History of Enmity and Engagement

In the century since the Muslim Brotherhood first emerged in Egypt, its idea of “the West” has remained a key driver of its behavior. From its founding, the Brotherhood stood opposed to the British Empire and Western cultural influence. Its leaders hoped to create more pristine, authentically Islamic societies. As British power gave way to American, the Brotherhood oscillated between anxiety about the West and the need to engage with it, while American and British officials struggled to understand the group, unsure whether to shun or embrace it. […Learn More]

Ancient Civilizations

Cleopatra’s Daughter: and Other Royal Women of the Augustan Era

The Roman emperor Augustus gave his name to the age he dominated, from the latter half of the first century BC until the second decade of the following century. Yet he shared the age with several royal women who ruled parts of the Mediterranean world, in a symbiotic relationship with Rome. This book is the first detailed portrait of these remarkable women. Previous accounts of the period have centered on Augustus or Rome’s allied kings, with scant attention to the women who ruled as their partners or on their own. […Learn More]