Interviewer: Aidan Mascarenhas-Keyes, Quinta Smit

Language of interview: Arabic (original interview), English (presented transcript)

Interpreter: Aḥmad Ibrāhīm

Transcript: Quinta Smit

Approval: Requested and no objection received

 

This is the first of two transcripts of interviews with Maḥmūd Fatḥī. As the leader of al-Faḍīla (engl. Virtue) party, he sketches the party's self-understanding and political agenda. This interview was part of an Arab-West Report project for a book on Islamist movements during the year 2013. Data collected were placed online in June 2016. All interviewees gave their approval to publish the transcripts.