Egyptian anti-Mubarak protesters chant as they wave Egyptian flags during their protest in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2011. Egypt's largest opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, said it would begin talks Sunday with the government to try to end the country's political crisis but made clear it would insist on the immediate ouster of longtime authoritarian President Hosni Mubarak. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
The rise of the Islamists from the Arab Spring
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Islamist movements have emerged as one of the most powerful political groups in the aftermath of the Arab Spring revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa. A new documentary from America Abroad explores how those new Islamist political groups are operating in the region and how what their rule will mean for all people living in those countries and for the international community.
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