How Christians Helped Create The Muslim Brotherhood
Maurice Chammah reviews Beth Baron’s book The Orphan Scandal: Christian Missionaries and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood.
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A Generation in Play: Israel, Palestine and the New Evangelicals
Maurice Chammah investigates ruptures in the traditionally steadfast American Evangelical support for Israel. Continue Reading →
The Anchor Boys
Maurice Chammah investigates the history and present of a Christian home for boys. Continue Reading →
The Secular Square
Maurice Chammah reviews Oscar-nominated documentary film, The Square. Continue Reading →
Performing Piety
Maurice Chammah reviews a new book on Egypt’s swing towards public religiosity and the celebrities who reinvented their image as beacons of worship and charity. Continue Reading →
God’s Favorite Place on Earth
By Maurice Chammah In Glen Rose, Texas, the director of a small Creation Evidence Museum expounds on his theories linking creationism, Israel, and laxatives. Continue Reading →
On Piety: Egypt, Islam and the Muslim Brotherhood
By Maurice Chammah The popular image of Egypt split by religious and political loyalties belies a subtle story of piety and social change. Continue Reading →
Carmen Weinstein: Legacy and Nostalgia
On April 13, Carmen Weinstein, leader of Egypt’s dwindling Jewish community, died at her home in Cairo. She was 82. Maurice Chammah looks back on his 2012 meeting with Ms. Weinstein, and considers the past and future of Egypt’s Jews. Continue Reading →
Sonallah Ibrahim: Life in the Raw
Following the publication of a new translation of Sonallah Ibrahim’s “That Smell,” Maurice Chammah considers the book, and its author, in light of Egypt’s recent political and social upheaval. Continue Reading →
Destiny and Defiance in Port Said
By Maurice Chammah “Port Said, once the pariah, is now the vanguard. As the protests turn to street battles, Port Said’s traditional independence from the rest of the country is coming out in a way it never has before.” Continue Reading →