RETURN OF THE PHAROAH relates how Zainab al-Ghazali was falsely accused of conspiring to kill Jamal ‘Abd al-Nasir the president of Egypt in 1965, she was arrested and imprisoned.
While awaiting trial she was subjected to the most terrible and inhuman torture.
This book describes in a captivating manner the ordeal which this Muslim activist went through in the notorious Egyptian prison.
Instead of dampening her enthusiasm for Islam and the Islamic movement, the afflictions and savageries in Nasir ‘s prisons increased her commitment and dedication to the cause of Islam.
This autobiographical work can be considered a historic document in that its author was an active witness to one of the most volatile periods of Egypt’s contemporary history.