Mohamed Morsi’s Wife & the Convergence of Local and Global Islamophobia

Sara Salem* | 1 Jul 2012

(Photo credit: El Youm El Sabei) Mohamed Morsi, Egypt’s first civilian president, was sworn in on June 30, 2012. The build up to the event involved many dramatic moments, including a Twitter controversy surrounding his wife, Naglaa Ali Mahmoud. Mahmoud, who prefers to go by the name Umm Ahmed, a traditional Egyptian way of referring to mothers, has come under...