Egypt, Turkey, and Tunisia Are All Slowly Islamizing
Steven Cook inspects the role of Islam in Egyptian, Turkish, and Tunisian society and culture.
Speaker: Steven A. Cook, Hasib J. Sabbagh Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations
Presider: Irina A. Faskianos, Vice President, National Program and Outreach, Council on Foreign Relations
December 8, 2011
With the one-year anniversary of the uprisings in the Middle East approaching, CFR's Steven A. Cook discusses Egypt and the greater Arab world, as part of CFR's Religion and Foreign Policy Conference Call series.
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