Abbas, Wael, 14
Abbasiya Square, 97–98
Abdallah, Ahmad, 37
Abdel Azeem, Mohamed, 273
Abdel Fattah, Ahmed, 205
Abdel Fattah, Esraa, 259
Abdel Hamid, Dalia, 260, 327–30
Abdel Hamid, Ragab, 198
Abdel Nour, Mounir Fakhry, 298
Abdel-Rahman, Ahmed, 249
Abdel Wahab, Mohamed, 315
Abduh, Muhammad, 103–5, 122–23, 312
Abdullah, Ahmed, 197–98
Abdullah, Khaled, 79
Abdullah bin Zayed (ABZ), 267, 268
Aboulnaga, Fayza, 322
Abu Bakr, Khaled, 166–67
Abu Deif, Al Husseini, 189
Abu Ismail, Hazem Salah, 131
Abu Simbel, 2
Adly, Malek, 259
Afifi, Adel Abdel Maqsoud, 197
Al Ahram, 88, 159–60, 180, 187, 251, 313, 318
Al Azhar, 70, 103–5, 161, 181, 191, 230, 240, 262, 310–12
Al Jazeera, 26, 48, 225, 246, 248, 249, 259, 270
Al Manar, 122
Al Nour Party, 110
Al Qaeda, 3, 102, 107, 125, 177, 283–85, 287, 333
Muslim Brotherhood and, 115–16, 209, 210
in September 11 attacks, 154–55
Aly, Mourad, 222
Amanpour, Christiane, 95
American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), 266
Amin, Khaled, 136, 185–86, 188, 189, 276, 277
Amnesty International, 38, 78, 289
Amr, Mohamed Kamel, 252–53
Andijan massacre, 276
Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, 160, 284, 287–88
Anwar, Yassin Thabet, 87
April 6 Youth Movement, 5, 33, 37, 40, 56, 96–97, 259, 323, 324
Arabic language, 10–11
Arab Spring, 127, 208, 258, 285, 286, 308, 312, 333
Arish, 286
Asem, Sondos, 155
Asfour, Gaber, 312
Ashton, Catherine, 253
Assabah, 25
al-Assad, Hafez, 6
Aswan Dam (High Dam), 1–2, 17, 307
authoritarianism, 11, 305, 333, 335
autocracy, 2, 114–15, 299–300, 334
Aziz, Salah, 87
Aziz, Samuel, 313
el-Badawi, El Sayyid, 198–99, 223
Badie, Mohamed, 112, 114, 199–200, 247, 283, 315
Bagato, Hatem, 150
Bahnasy, Maha, 319
Baker, Peter, 175
Bakry, Mustafa, 306
Bandar, Prince, 252
Ban Ki-moon, 336
el-Banna, Hassan, 111, 122–25, 193
Barak, Ehud, 62
el-Baramawy, Yasmine, 197
al-Barr, Abdel Rahman, 293
el-Beblawi, Hazem, 304
Beecroft, Robert S., 322
Begin, Menachem, 19
Beheri, Islam, 312
Beltagy, Asmaa, 274
Ben Ali, Sofiane, 27
Ben Ali, Zine al Abidine, 25–29, 54
Bent al-Masarwa (Egyptian Girl), 75
el-Berry, Esraa, 247
Beshay, Farid, 187
Bitter Harvest, The (al-Zawahiri), 125
Black Box, The, 324
Bloomberg, Michael, 127
el-Borhami, Yasser, 102, 105–7, 110, 138, 180–82
Bouazizi, Mohamed (street vendor), 24, 26
Bourguiba, Habib, 25
Bradford, Laura, 3, 9, 10, 12, 21, 32, 41–42, 64–65, 133–34, 136, 177, 256, 264, 277, 281, 282, 294, 298, 320–23
Britain, 17–18, 104, 111, 117, 124, 333
Bumiller, Elisabeth, 60
Burns, William, 266–68
Burr, Richard, 207
Bush, George W., 19, 20, 73, 115
Caffery, Jefferson, 17
Cairo, 1, 2, 3–10, 42, 56, 194, 196, 202, 245–46, 251, 264, 277, 281–82, 284, 298, 320, 330
American embassy in, 16
Garbage City in, 133
zoo in, 12–14
Cairo Tower, 17
Caluya, Gilbert, 72–73
Camp David Accords, 16, 19, 63, 173
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 17, 43, 49, 141, 166, 207, 242, 283
Chahine, Youssef, 15
Chollet, Derek, 161
Christians, Christianity, 83–94, 104, 108, 121, 158, 181, 187, 193, 203, 281, 313–14
Coptic, see Coptic Christians
Imbaba riots and, 83, 85–87, 89
Maspero massacre and, 88–94, 128, 139, 201, 253, 304, 313, 314
Mubarak and, 83–85
Muslims and, 84, 86, 90, 95, 200–202, 314
Sisi and, 313–15
women’s rights and, 69
Clinton, Bill, 321
Clinton, Chelsea, 292
Clinton, Hillary, 6, 20, 31, 35, 50, 66, 93–94, 116, 117, 141, 142, 148, 166, 174–75, 179, 336
Clinton Foundation, 292
Collins, Tim, 212
Cook, Steven A., 32
Coptic Christians, 5, 37, 83–86, 88–94, 126, 128, 181, 187, 191, 201–2, 262, 287, 313–15
presidential election and, 138–39
zabaleen, 133
corruption, 299–300
crime and lawlessness, 133–36, 196, 315
Cultural Film, 72
Dahshur, 200
el-Damaty, Ibrahim, 314
Daoud, Hamdy, 54
Darwin, Charles, 104
Darwish, Shaaban, 108–10
Daughter of the Nile Union, 67, 76
Dawoud, Khaled, 182, 189–90, 199, 216
Day of Rage, 36, 39, 41, 50, 133, 256
deep state, 304–5, 311, 312, 335, 336
democracy, 8, 10, 19, 50, 57, 60, 95, 110, 115, 123, 130, 131, 137, 148, 220, 222, 225–27, 235, 238, 239, 243, 244, 253, 260, 266, 285, 294, 308, 322, 333–35
nonprofit groups and, 96
de Soto, Hernando, 212
Discovery, 106
Donilon, Tom, 35, 117, 142, 182, 333
Dulles, John Foster, 2
Dunne, Michele, 324
el-Dursi, Abdulmajeed, 55–56
Effendi, Rena, 134
Administrative Oversight Authority in, 300
agriculture in, 309
constitutions of, 22, 44, 57–58, 98–99, 113–14, 131, 140, 178, 180–82, 184, 209, 247, 316
corruption in, 299–300
court system of, 144, 145, 147, 165–69; see also Supreme Constitutional Court
crime and lawlessness in, 133–36, 196, 315
deep state in, 304–5
economy of, 202–3, 211–12, 222, 225, 303, 307, 333
intelligence agencies in, see mukhabarat
Parliament in, 5, 11, 23, 66–68, 70, 98–99, 111, 113–15, 118–19, 127, 129–31, 145–47, 150, 153, 156, 157, 160, 165–66, 178, 197, 198, 324
parliamentary elections in, 19–20, 22, 23, 58, 76, 95, 98, 100, 102, 105, 110, 111, 121, 126, 137, 140, 146, 215, 238, 247, 254
police in, 14–15, 24, 30, 32–33, 38, 40, 42, 58–59, 85, 133–34, 136, 173, 183, 185, 196, 197, 204, 276, 279, 284, 305, 315, 326, 327
presidential election of 2012 in, 121, 122, 133, 136–39, 140, 142, 147–50, 151, 153, 157
presidential election of 2014 in, 305–6
presidential guard complex violence in, 254–58
prisons in, 295–97
revolution in, 24–52, 56–58, 60, 136, 185
surveillance in, 324
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces of, 44, 49, 51, 52, 56, 57, 60, 79, 81, 88, 113, 216, 223, 236
U.S. aid to, 3–4, 8, 16–18, 60, 96, 140–43, 148, 266, 280, 322
women in, see women
“Egypt Call, The,” 293
Egyptian Feminist Union, 67
Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, 335
Egyptian Museum, 15–16, 35, 36, 46–47, 65, 77, 301
Eiffel, Gustave, 13
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 17–18, 115
el-Elaimy, Zyad, 31, 38, 39, 118
ElBaradei, Mohamed, 5, 23, 32–33, 38, 46, 74, 184, 187–89, 191, 199, 211, 215–17, 223, 225, 237, 238, 240, 253–54, 258, 262, 263, 323, 335
ElMasry, Mohamed, 34
Evans, David, 17
Ezz, Ahmed, 11–12, 23, 34, 95–96, 301
Fahim, Kareem, 31, 51, 186, 201, 283
Fahmy, Hisham A., 58–59
Family, the, 25
al-Fanagry, Mohsen, 58
Facebook, 5, 15, 26–27, 29, 34, 38–40, 101, 105, 238–39, 286, 325, 328–29
Farrag, Hazem, 135
El Feki, Shereen, 71
Filopateer, Father, 88–92, 94, 314–15
Finer, Jon, 49–50
Fotouh, Abdel Moneim Aboul, 5, 119–22, 125–32, 138, 139, 153, 155, 323
Fouda, Yosri, 100
France, 17–18
Freedom and Justice Party, 118
Free Officers, 6, 17, 18, 124, 144–45
Free Syrian Army, 177
Fuad I, King, 111
Gaber, Lamees, 79–80
Gad, Emad, 147
Gamal, Mohamed, 204
Gaza, 84, 116, 118, 173, 175, 176, 179, 182, 288, 316
Gaza War, 173
el-Gebali, Tahani, 99, 144–46, 165–69, 177, 179, 180, 217, 265
Geneina, Hisham, 301–2
Ghannouchi, Rachid, 126
Ghonim, Wael, 40–41
Ghozlan, Mahmoud, 293
el-Gibba, Mohamed, 130
Gomaa, Ali, 310–11
Graham, Patrick, 179
Guardian, 130
el-Haddad, Essam, 154, 175, 182–83, 186, 236, 238–40, 248, 292
el-Haddad, Gehad, 189, 232, 248, 292
Haddara, Wael, 153–56, 163, 179, 186, 222, 237
el-Hadidi, Lamees, 257–58
Hagel, Chuck, 213–14, 226–28, 243, 265–66, 280, 304
Hamas, 19–20, 118, 125, 173–75, 316
Muslim Brotherhood and, 125, 174
Hamid, Tawfik, 73
Hamzawy, Amr, 215–17, 223, 260, 323
Harara, Ahmed, 99
Harb, Osama el-Ghazali, 148
Harb, Shady el-Ghazaly, 39, 58, 230
Hassan, Mozn, 65, 74–76, 274, 320
Hassan and Marcus, 9
al-Hefnawi, Reda Saleh, 197
Heikal, Mohamed Hassanein, 18–19, 217, 220, 258, 306
Helmy, Ahmed, 185
hepatitis C, 2
al-Herawy, Mahmoud, 135
Hifter, Khalifa, 285
Hubbard, Ben, 249
Human Rights Watch, 4, 6, 276, 289, 319, 323
Hussein, Hayam, 274
Hussein, King, 119
Ibn Baz, Abdel Aziz, 106
Ibrahim, Ishak, 201
Ibrahim, Musa, 54
Ibrahim (interpreter), 188–89, 191–93
International Monetary Fund (IMF), 142, 212, 252, 302, 303
International Republican Institute (IRI), 140–42, 322, 323
International Women’s Day, 64, 65
Iran, 17, 55, 116, 182, 243, 333
Iranian Revolution, 35
Iraq, 5, 24, 85, 144, 190, 220, 285–86, 301, 309, 333
Isaac, Malak, 94
ISIS (ISIL; Islamic State), 177, 210, 285–87, 289–91, 297, 314, 321, 333
Islam, Muslims, 8, 14, 84, 208, 220, 294, 310–11
Abduh and, 103–5
Christians and, 84, 86, 90, 95, 200–202, 314
early Muslims, 104–7
Morsi and, 156, 158, 172, 179, 180
Sharia, 69, 118, 144, 156, 176, 181, 237, 249, 250, 311
Sisi’s call for revolution in, 311–12
Sunni, 103, 104, 122, 151, 181, 316
Islamists, political Islam, 7, 22–23, 31, 49, 63, 65, 76, 95, 99, 103, 106, 107, 111–16, 119–21, 125–28, 130–32, 136, 145–48, 151, 159, 176, 179, 180, 220, 230, 246, 247, 249–51, 303, 324, 333
anti-Islamic fervor following Morsi’s ouster, 258–60, 264
and assaults on women, 197
government and, 98–99
Hamas, see Hamas
jihadists, see jihadists
meaning of term, 103
mob of, and author, 191–93
Muslim Brotherhood, see Muslim Brotherhood
Salafis, see Salafis
and violence of December 5, 187–91
Israel, 3, 8, 131, 161, 226, 227, 243, 244, 265–66, 284
attack on embassy in Giza, 61–63
Egypt and, 8, 18, 19, 24, 61–63, 83, 120, 124, 141, 143, 208, 259, 266, 290–91
Ittihadiya Palace, 162, 175, 187
Jerusalem, 291–92
jihadists, 123, 280, 284–86, 293, 333
Ansar Beit al-Maqdis, 160, 284, 287–88
ISIS, 177, 210, 285–87, 289–91, 297
sex and, 72–73
Johnson, Lyndon, 18
Kamal, Osama, 318
el-Katatni, Saad, 118
Kerdasa, 281
Kerry, John, 116, 118, 211–14, 225–26, 228, 238, 242–44, 253, 266, 280, 291, 302, 305
el-Keshky, Mohamed, 310
Ketchley, Neil, 234
Khaled, Amr, 310
Khallaf, Tamim, 6
Kharijites, 310
Khisha, Hussein Abu, 136
el-Kholi, Ashraf, 291–92
Khorshid, Sara, 324
Kifaya!, 19
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 30
Kirkpatrick, Emmett and Thomas, 41, 42, 64, 133, 177, 202, 264, 277, 281, 282, 292, 294, 308, 321–23
Kissinger, Henry, 18–19
Kumar, Prem, 182
Kusa, Musa, 54
Kushner, Jared, 332
Labib, Adel, 87
LaHood, Ray, 140
Laylat al Qadr, 161
León, Bernardino, 266–68
“Letter in My Purse, A” (Sabbagh), 324–25
Libya, 6, 8, 11, 53–56, 144, 176, 190, 285, 286, 308, 309, 333
Logan, Lara, 65
Maadi, 3, 8–10, 20, 41, 56, 134, 202, 294, 321
Mada Masr, 335
Magdy, Ephraim, 90–91
Magdy, Rasha, 91–92
el-Mahdi, Rabab, 127–29
Maher, Mohamed, 137
Mahmoud, Naglaa Ali (“Um Ahmed”), 151, 155, 170–71
Makhlouf, Rami, 11
Mandaville, Peter, 117–18
Mandela, Nelson, 235
Mansour, Adly, 263
gay, 122
summer, 72
Maspero, Gaston, 89
Maspero massacre, 88–94, 128, 139, 201, 253, 304, 313, 314
Matthias, Father, 88–92, 94, 314
Mattis, James, 62, 115–16, 207, 209, 211, 332, 334
McCain, John, 6
McDonough, Denis, 101, 141, 149
Mehleb, Ibrahim, 299
Mehleb, Mohamed, 299
Melia, Thomas, 223–24
el-Menawy, Abdel Latif, 51
Mhirsi, Zied, 28
Milošević, Slobodan, 40
Mohamed, Abdel Raouf, 46
Mohamed, Cheadi, 27
Mohamed, Prophet, 103, 105–8, 161, 162, 220, 307, 312
Mohamed, Sayid Fathy, 134–35
Mohamed Mahmoud Street, 99–101, 102, 113
Mohammed bin Salman, 332
Mohammed bin Zayed (MBZ), 45, 209, 211, 226
Mokbel, Mohamed, 203–4
Mokhtar, Gamal, 326
Monastery of St. Simon, 133
Montaser, Khaled, 259
Morrell, Michael, 32, 43, 207, 242, 283
Morsi, Abdullah, 171
Morsi, Maya, 320
Morsi, Mohamed, 5, 42, 138, 139, 147–50, 151–64, 166, 167, 170–75, 178–80, 182–83, 184–86, 189–91, 197, 200, 203, 206–14, 221, 225–30, 240, 251, 253, 254, 256–58, 267, 283, 300, 302–5, 311, 324, 332, 334–35
constitution and, 178, 180, 209
coup against, 214, 222, 224, 226, 230–31, 236–38, 240, 241–44, 247–54, 258, 262–65, 281, 284, 306, 323, 334, 335
final address as president, 237–38
Haddara and, 153–56
Hamas and, 173–74
imprisonment of, 316
intelligence agencies and, 199
Islam and, 156, 158, 172, 179, 180
Israel and, 173–75
June 30 protests against, 216–17, 223, 228, 230–35, 246, 254, 262, 316, 320
Kerry and, 211–13, 225, 228, 238, 242–44, 302
Muslim Brotherhood and, 138, 139, 147–50, 151, 153–57, 170, 172–73, 178, 186, 187, 212, 220–21, 235, 249
Obama and, 174, 175, 183, 208, 211, 226, 228, 234–37, 241, 244
“Operation 6” memo and, 223, 242
opposition to, 177, 180, 183, 184–88, 198, 203, 215–16, 228, 230, 234, 235, 251–52, 324
Port Said rioting and, 195–96
Sisi and, 220–23, 226, 228–31, 234, 236–38, 242, 246–47, 262, 263, 303–6, 335
Tahrir Square appearance of, 157–59
Thanksgiving decree of, 178, 180, 182, 184, 186, 200, 212
and violence of December 5, 187–91
Morsi, Shaimaa, 170–71
Moustapha, Hisham Talaat, 21
Mubarak, Gamal, 6, 7, 11, 22, 34, 44, 171
Mubarak, Hosni, 4–7, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 19–22, 24, 29–31, 42, 59–61, 76, 79, 80, 88, 96, 97, 106, 107, 110, 113, 115, 116, 118, 121, 125, 126, 129, 133, 134, 136–39, 141, 146, 147, 149, 153, 155, 157, 158, 160, 162, 172–75, 178, 180–82, 184, 185, 187, 191, 197, 198, 200, 215, 221, 222, 231, 236, 240, 241, 251, 253, 259, 277, 292, 298, 299, 304, 305, 309–11, 316, 325, 332, 334
judicial system and, 144–47
ouster of, 44–45, 50–52, 53, 56–57, 63, 64–65, 68, 74, 75, 85, 95, 107, 130, 145, 148, 150, 178, 202, 208, 212, 227, 229, 237, 299, 300, 317, 335
revolution and, 33–37, 39–41, 43–52
Tantawi and, 57
women’s rights and, 65, 66, 69, 70, 74, 75
Mubarak, Suzanne, 66, 68–69, 73, 81, 144, 171, 196
mukhabarat (intelligence agencies), 5, 25–26, 107, 182, 198–99, 215, 218, 223, 229, 257, 305, 315, 336
el-Mulla, Mokhtar, 113–14
Munita, Tomás, 167
Muslim Brotherhood, 5, 19–20, 22–23, 24, 31, 32, 36–39, 42, 47–49, 61, 63, 69, 95, 99, 100, 102, 103, 107, 109, 111–32, 146, 154, 177, 181, 185, 187, 189, 190, 193, 202, 207–10, 212, 213, 215, 220, 223, 225–38, 246, 248, 250, 253, 254, 256–59, 267–68, 280, 282–85, 289, 292–94, 297, 298, 302, 303, 305, 310, 311, 313, 314, 318, 323, 326, 328–30, 333–35
Al Qaeda and, 115–16, 209, 210
arrests, sentencing, and exile of members of, 247–48, 292–93, 300, 315
attacks on offices of, 179, 183, 187, 198–200, 232–33
constitution drafting and, 181
“Egypt Call” letter and, 293
founding of, 122–23
intelligence agencies and, 198–99
Morsi and, 138, 139, 147–50, 151, 153–57, 170, 172–73, 178, 186, 187, 212, 220–21, 235, 249
presidential election and, 138, 139, 147–50, 153
Rabaa massacre and, 270, 271, 277
Salafis and, 181–82
salute of, 292
special apparatus of, 124
as terrorists, 256, 258, 259, 263–64, 332
U.S. and, 115–18
and violence of December 5, 187–91
Myers, Steven Lee, 118
el-Nabawy, Fatma, 205
el-Naggar, Mustafa, 231
el-Naggar, Shahinaz, 12
Nagy, Ahmed, 324
Nasser, Gamal Abdel, 1–2, 6, 9, 13, 17, 18, 22, 25, 29–31, 39, 53, 68, 76, 80, 89, 104, 106, 111, 119–20, 124, 125, 144–45, 158–60, 162, 217, 229, 232, 245, 258, 292, 293, 300, 307, 310, 311
National Council of Women, 66, 68, 74, 196–97, 320
National Democratic Institute (NDI), 140–42, 322, 323
National Salvation Front, 184, 199, 201, 215–17, 223, 257, 260, 262
National Security Council (NSC), 32, 35, 43, 60, 61, 93, 101, 116, 117, 141, 148, 174, 182, 206, 226, 231, 241, 242, 279, 280, 322
NATO, 53–54
Nazra for Feminist Studies, 65, 74–77, 274, 319
Negm, Yehia, 190
Negroponte, John, 73
Nelson, Scott, 46
Netanyahu, Benjamin, 62, 227, 291
New York Review of Books, 159
New York Times, 3, 16, 22, 30–34, 40, 42, 45, 46, 50, 51, 53, 54, 60, 69, 85, 90, 97, 98, 114, 116, 159, 162, 163, 166–69, 175, 192, 196, 197, 202, 232, 246, 251, 257, 258, 269, 277, 296, 315, 318, 334, 336
Nixon, Richard, 18
Nour, Ayman, 19
Nour Mosque, 97–98
el-Nuqrashi, Mahmoud, 124
Obama, Barack, 4, 20, 28, 34, 35, 41, 43–45, 49–51, 60, 62, 93, 140, 142, 162, 173–75, 206, 209, 225–27, 229, 240, 265–67, 279–80, 322, 331, 333–34, 336
Haddad and, 182–83
Morsi and, 174, 175, 183, 208, 211, 226, 228, 234–37, 241, 244
Muslim Brotherhood and, 115–17
Sisi and, 297, 304, 305, 321–22
Obama, Michelle, 81
al-Obeidi, Eman, 54–55
Okail, Nancy, 142
el-Omda, Mohamed, 167
Operation Anti-Sexual Harassment, 76
al-Otaiba, Yousef, 206–8, 211, 242, 332
Ouda, Huda, 99
Pakistan, 10
Palestinians, 8, 19–20, 53, 173, 175, 244, 291–92
Hamas, see Hamas
Palin, Sarah, 6
Panetta, Leon, 49, 51, 62, 63, 141–43, 152
Patterson, Anne W., 96, 146, 149, 161, 208–9, 214, 221, 222, 227–28, 230, 235–36, 265, 303
Paul, Rand, 266
Persian Gulf, 6, 35, 53, 211, 243, 252, 262, 267, 280, 302–3
Pew Research Center, 222
Police Day, 24, 29–40, 51, 58, 107, 118, 130
Politico, 333
Poppy Flowers (van Gogh), 16
Port Said, 205
Power, Samantha, 244, 279, 280
el-Qaddafi, Muammar, 53–56, 175, 176, 269, 308
el-Qaddafi, Seif al-Islam, 55
Qasr el-Nil Bridge, 33–34, 37, 40
Qatar, 225, 265, 267, 316, 333
Qheder, Hussein, 87
Quran, 69, 105, 122, 123, 126, 156, 161, 162
Qutri, Mahmoud, 58
Rabaa al-Adawiya, 245–51, 258–59, 264, 267–68, 306, 323
massacre at, 269–78, 279–80, 281, 284–86, 292, 294, 295, 303–5, 310, 315, 319, 328, 329, 332
Rafah, 288
Ramadan, 7, 160, 161, 248, 249, 255, 261, 264
Ramadan, Said, 115
Ramadan, Tariq, 115
Ramses Square, 283
Rashed, Waleed, 33
El Rashidi, Yasmine, 159
Regeni, Giulio, 327
Renaissance Project, 172
Rhodes, Ben, 35, 43, 45, 50, 51, 60, 93, 101, 143, 148, 174, 183, 206–8, 241, 244, 265, 280
Rizk, Nagla, 256–57
Rogers, Bruno, 25
Roosevelt, Kermit, Jr., 16–17, 19
Roosevelt, Theodore, 16
el-Roweini, Hassan, 95–97
Saad, Khalid, 55
Saad, Mahmoud, 59
Saad, Marwa, 271
el-Sabbagh, Shaimaa, 324–26
Sabri al-Awabdah, Abd al-Hadi, 288–89
Sabri al-Awabdah, Daoud, 288
Sadak, Reda, 46
Sadat, Anwar, 7, 11, 17–19, 31, 39, 63, 85, 106, 120, 124, 143, 144, 160, 182, 203, 219, 220, 229, 240
Sadat, Anwar (nephew of president), 299
el-Saeed, Sanaa, 76
Salafi Call, 102
Salafis, 102–10, 111, 112, 118, 131, 138, 156, 181, 187–88, 200, 233, 240
Muslim Brotherhood and, 181–82
in Saudi Arabia, 106
Saleh, Sobhi, 22–23
Salman, King, 332
al-Sanhuri, Abd al-Razzak, 144
Saudi Arabia, 6, 18, 55, 102, 106, 148, 161, 182, 207–8, 225–28, 243, 244, 252, 262, 265, 326, 332, 333, 335
Sawiris, Naguib, 155, 217, 252
el-Sayed, Mustafa, 61–62
September 11 terrorist attacks, 3, 62, 73, 82, 154–55, 331
Sex and the Citadel (El Feki), 71
sexuality, 71–73
see also women
Shaarawi, Huda, 66–67
Shafik, Ahmed, 139, 147–49, 221, 228, 311
Shahba, Ola, 190
Shahbander, Ghada, 81
al-Shakra, Moataz Abu, 255
Shakran, Attiya, 4
Shapiro, Daniel, 32
Sharia, 69, 118, 144, 156, 176, 181, 237, 249, 250, 311
Sharif, Hussein Kamal, 229–30
el-Sharkawi, Amani, 135
el-Sharkawy, Pakinam, 197, 240
Sharp, Gene, 40
el-Shater, Khairat, 129–32, 138, 148–49, 153, 172, 178, 186, 189, 228, 266–67
el-Shazly, Mohamed Ezzat, 69
Shehata, Kamilia, 86
el-Sheikh, Ebrahim, 254–56
el-Sheikh, Mayy, 69, 77, 81, 107–8, 135, 166–68, 171, 177, 186, 195, 204, 210, 246–47, 254, 255, 264, 270–75, 281–82, 286–87
Shenouda III, Pope, 85, 86, 88, 89, 92, 93
Sherif, Mahmoud, 316
Shia Islam, 104, 116, 181, 229, 316
Shokry, Mohamed, 45
Shoman, Hazem, 105
Sidhom, Youssef, 139
Simon, Steven, 61, 101, 117, 174, 206
Sinai, 283–84, 286, 287, 289–91, 322, 333
el-Sisi, Abdel Fattah, 7, 44, 56, 57, 62, 78, 160–61, 167, 172, 175, 186, 196, 209, 210, 212–14, 216–18, 219–23, 226–28, 240, 243–44, 246–47, 250, 252, 258, 261–68, 277, 279, 281, 284–92, 298–327, 332–35
“Balaha” nickname for, 309–10
Christians and, 313–15
Morsi and, 220–23, 226, 228–31, 234, 236–38, 262, 263, 303–6, 335
Obama and, 297, 304, 305, 321–22
in presidential election of 2014, 305–6
revolution in Islam called for by, 311–12
Trump and, 331–32
United Nations and, 317–18, 321
vision for Egypt, 306–9
women’s rights and, 319–20
el-Sisi, Mahmoud, 327
Six-Day War, 18, 119, 242, 246–47
Sobei, Ahmed, 190
Soliman, Mohamed Ibrahim, 301
Solomon, Ben, 90
Soltan, Mohamed, 250, 270, 271, 275, 276, 295–97, 322
Spence, Matt, 211
Stack, Liam, 45–46
State Department, 43, 49–50, 60, 73, 81–82, 117, 141, 143, 168, 182, 206, 211, 223, 231, 242, 264, 266, 285, 336
Stevens, J. Christopher, 176–77
Suez Canal, 17, 19, 194, 290, 307–8
Suleiman, Omar, 43–45, 50, 52, 60, 95, 138, 229
Sultan, Farouk, 146–49, 157, 177
Sultan bin Salman, 106
Sunni Islam, 103, 104, 122, 151, 181, 316
Supreme Constitutional Court, 57, 99, 144–46, 157, 165, 166, 169, 177, 178, 180, 181, 186, 217, 263
Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), 44, 49, 51, 52, 56, 57, 60, 79, 81, 88, 113, 216, 223, 236
Syria, 6, 11, 53, 85, 144, 177, 179, 190, 229, 243–44, 285–86, 309, 333
Tahrir, 78
Tahrir Square, 24, 30–31, 35–38, 41–52, 61, 64–65, 76–78, 89, 90, 95, 98, 99, 111, 118, 149, 150, 179, 185, 187, 230, 237, 238, 240, 244, 249, 250, 252, 253, 286, 311, 316, 323, 325, 328, 334
Morsi’s appearance at, 157–59
women assaulted in, 196–98
Talaat, Abeer, 86–88
Taliban, 102
Tallawy, Mervat, 66–67, 69–70, 196
talk shows, 14, 100, 252, 257, 306, 317, 318
Tamarrod, 216–18, 223, 231, 254, 258, 267
Tamim, Suzanne, 21
Tantawi, Mohamed Hussein, 56, 57, 62, 63, 98, 119, 142, 147, 157, 160, 161, 163, 167, 221
el-Tantawy, Abdel Moneim, 112
Tatanaki, Hassan, 11
Tawadros II, Pope, 202, 240, 313
Telhami, Shibley, 304
“Tell Her Father,” 74–75
Tenesa, Abraam, 314
Muslim Brotherhood and, 256, 258, 259, 263–64, 332
September 11 attacks, 3, 62, 73, 82, 154–55, 331
Thabet, Mina, 91
Thabet, Suad, 314
Thomas, Merna, 76
Tiananmen Square massacre, 276
al-Tilmisani, Omar, 125–26
el-Tohamy, Mohamed Farid, 300–301
Toma, Sally, 39
Trabelsi, Leila, 25
Transparency International, 301
Trump, Donald J., 209, 291, 304, 331–33, 335, 336
Tunisia, 6, 11, 25–30, 117, 285, 333, 335
Twitter, 32, 37, 81, 90, 99, 189, 191, 204, 256, 323, 324, 336
UNESCO, 2
United Arab Emirates (UAE), 45, 148, 161, 206–8, 218, 221, 225–28, 243, 252, 262, 265, 267, 268, 285, 302, 332, 333, 335
United Nations, 53–54, 68, 69, 161–62, 244, 285, 291, 336
United States, 206–14
aid to Egypt from, 3–4, 8, 16–18, 60, 96, 140–43, 148, 266, 280, 322
Egyptian revolution and, 60
and Egypt’s presidential election of 2012, 148–50
Muslim Brotherhood and, 115–18
presidential election of 2008 in, 6
presidential election of 2016 in, 331
van Gogh, Vincent, 16
Verveer, Melanne, 65–66
Walker, Edward, 43
Walsh, Declan, 323
Wall Street Journal, 73
Wasfi, Ahmed, 204
Wassef, Aalam, 38
Watt, James, 213
Weaver, Mary Anne, 115
Will, George, 312
Wisner, Frank G., 43–44, 50, 206
women, 64–82, 83, 121, 125, 126, 128, 131, 176, 203, 259
genital mutilation and, 69
modesty and, 72
Salafis and, 105
sex and, 71–73
Sisi and, 319–20
summer marriages and, 72
virginity and, 65, 69–71, 77, 78, 81, 320
World Trade Center:
September 11 terrorist attack on, 3, 62, 73, 82, 154–55, 331
World War II, 17
Ya’alon, Moshe “Bogie,” 227
Yemen, 8, 53, 285, 286, 301, 309, 333
Yom Kippur War, 120
Youm el-Saba, 192
Youssef, Bassem, 163
Youssef, Ihab, 251
Yousseff, Mohamed Ibrahim, 135–36
zabaleen, 133
el-Zarqa, Bassem, 107
al-Zawahiri, Ayman, 107, 125, 125, 284
Zawiya, 269
Zeid, Mahmoud Abou (Shawkan), 272
Zeyada, Salah, 230