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Islam

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Egyptian, Muslim, American

Egyptian, Muslim, American

My friend Angie Gad joins me for episode 68 of Covert Contact to discuss growing up as a first generation Egyptian-American Muslim. We cover a lot of ground in this episode including her family's struggle to maintain and establish roots in two very different worlds

Islamism and Democracy: Finding Models for the Middle East and Preserving Our Own

Islamism and Democracy: Finding Models for the Middle East and Preserving Our Own

In episode 29 of Covert Contact Brookings Institution senior fellow and author of Temptations of Power: Islamists and Illiberal Democracy in a New Middle East [http://www.amazon.com/Temptations-Power-Islamists-Illiberal-Democracy/dp/0190229241/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?ie=UTF8&qid=&ref_=tmm_pap_title_0&sr=] Shadi Hamid joins me to