A Muslim Sister in Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood: Feminist Friend or Foe?

Azza El Garf, a prominent figure in the Freedom and Justice Party, the political wing of the Islamist group the Muslim Brotherhood, offers a profile in political contradiction. She shares her party’s family-first view of a woman’s place, but at the same time plays a pioneering role in the minuscule minority–just 1 percent–of women serving in the country’s post-revolution houses of parliament.