Mathias Ghyoot is a Ph.D. student in Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. He studies the social and intellectual history of the modern Middle East and South Asia with a particular interest in the history of Islamism.

A superb piece of scholarship. Based on an impressive array of hitherto unknown or unexplored primary sources, Ghyoot offers an entirely new reading of a formative phase of Islamist thought and practice. His work on the Egyptian Muslim Brothers' prison years is one of the most exciting contributions to the study of Islamism in the modern Arab Middle East-and beyond-to appear in many years.

• AcknowledgementsNote on ConventionsIntroduction: 'Every Beard Has a Story' Part I: The First Ordeal (1948-1951)Chapter 1: Brothers in ArmsChapter 2: Camp HuckstepChapter 3: Mount Moses Part II: The Second Ordeal (1954-1964)Chapter 4: Betrayed by a BrotherChapter 5: Trials and TribulationsChapter 6: The Virtuous CityChapter 7: Supporters and OpponentsChapter 8: Milestones Part III: The Third Ordeal (1965-1975)Chapter 9: Pharaoh Strikes AgainChapter 10: The EnlightenmentChapter 11: We Are JudgesChapter 12: Nay, We Are PreachersConclusion: The Fourth Ordeal Index

Mathias Ghyoot is a Ph.D. student in Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. He studies the social and intellectual history of the modern Middle East and South Asia with a particular interest in the history of Islamism.

A superb piece of scholarship. Based on an impressive array of hitherto unknown or unexplored primary sources, Ghyoot offers an entirely new reading of a formative phase of Islamist thought and practice. His work on the Egyptian Muslim Brothers' prison years is one of the most exciting contributions to the study of Islamism in the modern Arab Middle East-and beyond-to appear in many years.

• AcknowledgementsNote on ConventionsIntroduction: 'Every Beard Has a Story' Part I: The First Ordeal (1948-1951)Chapter 1: Brothers in ArmsChapter 2: Camp HuckstepChapter 3: Mount Moses Part II: The Second Ordeal (1954-1964)Chapter 4: Betrayed by a BrotherChapter 5: Trials and TribulationsChapter 6: The Virtuous CityChapter 7: Supporters and OpponentsChapter 8: Milestones Part III: The Third Ordeal (1965-1975)Chapter 9: Pharaoh Strikes AgainChapter 10: The EnlightenmentChapter 11: We Are JudgesChapter 12: Nay, We Are PreachersConclusion: The Fourth Ordeal Index

Mathias Ghyoot is a Ph.D. student in Near Eastern Studies at Princeton University. He studies the social and intellectual history of the modern Middle East and South Asia with a particular interest in the history of Islamism.

A superb piece of scholarship. Based on an impressive array of hitherto unknown or unexplored primary sources, Ghyoot offers an entirely new reading of a formative phase of Islamist thought and practice. His work on the Egyptian Muslim Brothers' prison years is one of the most exciting contributions to the study of Islamism in the modern Arab Middle East-and beyond-to appear in many years.

• AcknowledgementsNote on ConventionsIntroduction: 'Every Beard Has a Story' Part I: The First Ordeal (1948-1951)Chapter 1: Brothers in ArmsChapter 2: Camp HuckstepChapter 3: Mount Moses Part II: The Second Ordeal (1954-1964)Chapter 4: Betrayed by a BrotherChapter 5: Trials and TribulationsChapter 6: The Virtuous CityChapter 7: Supporters and OpponentsChapter 8: Milestones Part III: The Third Ordeal (1965-1975)Chapter 9: Pharaoh Strikes AgainChapter 10: The EnlightenmentChapter 11: We Are JudgesChapter 12: Nay, We Are PreachersConclusion: The Fourth Ordeal Index