Cassettes and 5 boxes of card indexes (in Arabic) of interviews in Arabic with members of the Muslim Brotherhood, gathered for PhD thesis 'The Muslim Brothers and the Palestine Question, 1936-1947', 1986, University of Exeter. One additional card index, in English, is also included listing the cassettes, and also including periodicals and newspapers.
Material relating to thesis on the Muslim Brotherhood
This material is held atUniversity of Exeter Archives
- Reference
- GB 29 EUL MS 284
- Dates of Creation
- c 1986
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- Arabic
- Physical Description
- A series of cassettes and 5 boxes of card indexes.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Abdullah al-Fattah Muhammad El-Awaisi, professor and author, is currently the Chair in Islamic and Jerusalem Studies, and the Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Al-Maktoum Institute, Dundee, Scotland.
Arrangement
The tapes are arranged into numerical order as arranged by the creator of the collection, numbering 1-242 with some numbers being assigned to two tapes eg a and b. The following tapes are missing and were not received at the time of accession:
12; 26-28; 112-116; 118-120; 124; 139; 234 (checked by Charlotte Berry, 28 Apr 2006)
Access Information
Usual EUL arrangements apply.
Acquisition Information
Acquired via Paul Auchterlonie, Arabic subject librarian.
Other Finding Aids
Card index available.
Archivist's Note
Description created by Rob Ford, 16 Feb 2007. Updated by Rob Ford, 5 Apr 2007.
Conditions Governing Use
Usual EUL restrictions apply.
Bibliography
The research material was used in the writing of the creator's PhD thesis 'The Muslim Brothers and the Palestine Question, 1936-1947' (1986), and also in a subsequent published work: 'The Muslim Brothers and the Palestine Question, 1928-1947' (1987).