Egypt: The Misunderstood Agony

By artappraiser on Fri, 09/06/2013 - 11:32pm |

By Yasmine El Rashidi, New York Review of Books, online now, and Sept. 26, 2013 issue

If you want a much better understanding of why educated liberal Egyptians are calling the Muslim Brotherhood "terrorists," and why they are angry at Western denunciation of the military coup, you'll read this.

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http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2013/sep/26/egypt-misunderstood-agony/

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Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood under fire over tailored language (different messages for English and Arabic audiences)
By Jeed Basyouni BBC Monitoring, 27 August, 2013

A duality in the language used by the Muslim Brotherhood in English and Arabic has emerged as the crisis between the Egyptian government and Muslim Brotherhood continues.

Egyptian media commentators have been increasingly critical of the Muslim Brotherhood's use of double-speak - using a particular language and themes when addressing English-language audiences that starkly contrast with the message they have delivered in Arabic to their supporters.

Peace v 'million martyrs' [....]

Supporters' rhetoric [....]

Established practice [....]

Hat tip to Arabist's Twitter feed

by artappraiser on Tue, 09/10/2013 - 1:59am

Egypt: The Misunderstood Agony

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