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December 13, 2011

Egyptian Islamists' Fun Idea of Tourism

Issandr El Amrani, The Arabist

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Read the passages below and you'll see a fundamental miscomprehension of what most European tourists (the bulk of those who visit Egypt) like to do on holiday.

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TAGGED: Salafists, Muslim Brotherhood, Islamists, Egypt

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