Salafists: From the Margins to the Heart of the Scene

Al-Salafyoon men Alzel ela Qalb Al-Mashhad (Salafists: From the Margins to the Heart of the Scene) by Mamdouh Al-Sheikh, Cairo: Akhbar Al-Youm. During the Mubarak era, Salafists were in the shadows, living away from politics and public sphere, yet after the January 25 Revolution they powerfully entered the political domain. Al-Sheikh tracks their rise to the heart of Egypt's political scene, tackles the questions this raises and the probable effect on society. An Egyptian writer and thinker, Al-Sheikh was a prominent member of the Amal leftist party and has written poetry and analysis of Islamic groups.