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This book explores the concept of citizenship in Egypt and identifies the forces that have institutionally controlled women since the turn of the twentieth century. How is citizenship defined in Egypt and by whom? Selma Botman seeks to understand how political culture in Egypt has developed, how women have asserted themselves in public life, and how they have been limited and sometimes excluded from the political process. Botman demonstrates t...

Selma Botman examines the virtually unknown history of communism in Egypt during the twentieth-century. In an original and well-documented study, the author has traced the development of the revolutionary left using political court cases, interviews with political activists, and literature from the communist movement itself.

Between the revolution in 1919 and the coup d'etat in 1952, Egypt enjoyed a diversity of political experience that has not been sufficiently appreciated. In this broad-ranging survey, Botman analyzes mainstream political and social forces and the political activism among people in such groups as Young Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Communist movement.