By Will Adams
Evidence collide with fiction within the pulse-pounding sequel to the hugely praised The Alexander Cipher, that includes archaeologist Daniel Knox.
THE EXODUS QUEST
On the path of the misplaced useless Sea Scrolls, archaeologist Daniel Knox stumbles upon a robbery in development at an historic temple close to Alexandria. Then a senior Egyptian archaeologist is violently killed, and the finger of suspicion issues at Knox himself. so as to add to his mounting concerns, his companion Gaille Bonnard is abducted whereas displaying a tv workforce round the ruins of Amarna. She manages to smuggle out a message, pleading with Knox to rescue her, yet he's locked in a police cellphone on suspicion of homicide hundreds of thousands of miles away. His simply wish of clearing his identify and saving Gaille is to crack one of many maximum unsolved mysteries of the traditional world...before it's too overdue.
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Proof collide with fiction within the pulse-pounding sequel to the hugely praised The Alexander Cipher, that includes archaeologist Daniel Knox.
THE EXODUS QUEST
On the path of the misplaced lifeless Sea Scrolls, archaeologist Daniel Knox stumbles upon a robbery in growth at an historic temple close to Alexandria. Then a senior Egyptian archaeologist is violently killed, and the finger of suspicion issues at Knox himself. so as to add to his mounting concerns, his companion Gaille Bonnard is abducted whereas displaying a tv group round the ruins of Amarna. She manages to smuggle out a message, pleading with Knox to rescue her, yet he's locked in a police mobile on suspicion of homicide enormous quantities of miles away. His in basic terms desire of clearing his identify and saving Gaille is to crack one of many maximum unsolved mysteries of the traditional global. .. sooner than it's too past due.
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Sharawi Assyuti was an avid reader in primary school and finished first in his class. In secondary school he began reading the writings of Sayyid Qutb, and by the time he reached seventeen he had become an active member in the Jihad organization. Sharawi was arrested once in the early 19905; police thought, mistakenly, that he was involved in the burning of a video shop, a favorite target of the militants. When he was released thirteen days later, he turned his talents and his hatred on the secular state.
They are on a mission. In their minds, they have nothing to repent for .. This idea is just state propaganda. " The next day, I asked Sheikh Hudaiby what was different about Imbaba today from Imbaba in the time of Sheikh Gaber and his emirs. "Did the invasion succeed in extinguishing the Islamic flame? Are fewer women wearing the hijab? " "There are more security police here now," he quipped. "But surely life is different," I insisted. "If that were true, I wouldn't be sitting here, drinking tea.
But, in reality, after the heated days of the early 19905, society had made its choice. The radical Islamic movement that left its imprint on Egyptian history was displaced by a social movement among the masses who chose to apply religion in every aspect of their lives. I returned to Imbaba after four years away to observe this religious transformation. I knew Imbaba, the land of extremes and extremism, would bring the picture sharply into focus. I soon picked up where I had left off. I spotted a sausage stand off Muneera Square.