Rosie Bloor

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2,594 appearances 76 recordings 2 series first heard May 2026 last heard 4d ago

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Economist Podcasts · Spring, then fall: a weakened Muslim Brotherhood · 11 Aug 2026 podcast

In the aftermath of the Arab Spring, one group seemed to come out ahead: the Muslim Brotherhood, the world's oldest Islamist organization. voice-verified

Its members were instrumental in the uprisings of Syria, Libya, and Yemen. voice-verified

Its affiliates won numerous parliamentary seats in Tunisia. voice-verified

And in Egypt, its candidate became the country's first democratically elected president. voice-verified

But that upsurge in power didn't last. voice-verified

In the past decade, autocrats in the region have reasserted their grip. voice-verified

Gareth Brown, our Middle East correspondent, is currently in Beirut. voice-verified

Gareth, before we come to the current challenges, just remind us who the Muslim Brotherhood are and why they've been so important in the region. voice-verified

So what's going on now? voice-verified

Why the challenges and why the apparent weakness? voice-verified

So what really is it about the Muslim Brotherhood that governments find so threatening? voice-verified

And Gareth, outside the region, the Muslim Brotherhood was actually often viewed with suspicion. voice-verified

How has that perception changed? voice-verified

How has the Brotherhood actually responded to all those external pressures? voice-verified

And yet the founding ideals of the Brotherhood, the idea of connecting with Arabness, seems to be as strong and as necessary as ever. voice-verified

So can the organization recover from this? voice-verified

Gareth, thank you very much. voice-verified

In America, a dark vision of Europe is building on social media. voice-verified

Of a continent overrun with violence, knife crime, and grooming gangs, and ordinary people terrified to walk down the streets. voice-verified

Yet in Europe, you can see equivalent depictions online of an America teeming with guns, gangsters, rogue immigration agents. voice-verified

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