Abstract

This article studies the Muslim Brotherhood’s (MB) second prison ordeal in Egypt between 1954–1964. Based on a collection of prison memoirs written by Brothers, the article explores in three parts how the MB developed socially, intellectually, and organisationally in prison during the reign of President Gamal Abdel Nasser. Beginning with the MB’s imprisonment in the aftermath of the President’s attempted assassination in 1954, the first part describes how the Brothers built a vibrant prison community for themselves within al-Wahat Camp. Against the backdrop of the Suez War in 1956, the second part demonstrates the debates that erupted among the Brothers on whether to support Nasser in the event of a war with Israel and the West. Following the Brothers’ ideological and physical separation between so-called Supporters and Opponents, the third part explores how an increasing antipathy towards Nasser developed among some of the Brothers in al-Mahariq Prison until their unexpected release in 1964. Thus, by acknowledging the prison institution as a crucial site for ideology-formation, this article ultimately seeks to explore not what state repression restricted the Brothers from doing, but what they managed to do in spite of it.

摘要

本文研究了 1954 年至 1964 年期间穆斯林兄弟会 (MB) 在埃及的第二次监狱审判。这篇文章基于 Brothers 撰写的监狱回忆录集，分三个部分探讨了 MB 在总统贾迈勒·阿卜杜勒·纳赛尔 (Gamal Abdel Nasser) 统治期间在监狱中如何在社会、知识和组织方面发展。从 MB 在 1954 年总统未遂暗杀后被监禁开始，第一部分描述了兄弟如何在 al-Wahat 营地为自己建立一个充满活力的监狱社区。第二部分以 1956 年苏伊士战争为背景，展示兄弟之间爆发的关于在与以色列和西方发生战争时是否支持纳赛尔的争论。在兄弟俩在所谓的支持者和反对者之间进行意识形态和身体上的分离之后，