Historiography is at its best when the historian interpreting data stays within the limits dictated by the range of knowledge he/she commands. No historian should be so credulous to believe that they can get away with positing a thesis, no matter how plausible, on unconventional evidence outside their field of knowledge. Therefore, it is fundamentally […]
Imprisoned U.S. citizen Mohamed Soltan was released from prison in Egypt on Saturday. With no Egyptian court ruling to reverse his life sentence it came as a surprising move to many. Soltan is the son of a member of the now outlawed Muslim Brotherhood. International criticism of Egyptian’s mass trials and imprisonment have plagued the […]
Mohamed Morsi, former Egyptian president, received a 20 year sentence in an Egyptian prison nearly two years after his ouster in July 2013, along with a dozen more of his supporters. All of his supporters either worked in his administration or were part of the Muslim Brotherhood, a Islamic organization considered by many to be […]