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Robert Wright (Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Nonzero, Why Buddhism Is True) and David Kirkpatrick (Into the Hands of the Soldiers, New York Times)
- David’s new book, Into the Hands of the Soldiers . 00:00
- How David wound up witnessing the Egyptian Revolution of 2011 . 03:43
- Al Jazeera as the “Johnny Appleseed” of the Arab Spring . 10:27
- Varieties of Islamism, from “conservative” to “liberal” . 18:40
- The Muslim Brotherhood as a bourgeois movement . 23:05
- Mohamed Morsi’s election, brief tenure, and removal from power in July 2013 . 29:15
- Abdel Fattah el-Sisi’s post-coup struggle for legitimacy . 45:46
- The Obama administration’s muddled pre-coup messaging to coup-master Sisi . 55:36
- Did the coup give fuel to Islamist extremists? . 01:03:12
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Posted:Aug 7, 2018
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