Blues Brothers
The fortunes of the former ruling party plummet further still
THE Muslim Brotherhood has seen worse in Egypt. Half a century ago the courts sent thousands of its members to brutal prison camps and hanged a dozen. For most of its 85-year existence the group has been formally banned. Yet never have the secretive and disciplined Brothers seen their fortunes fall so swiftly as now.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Blues Brothers”
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