389. Road To 9/11: Origin of Al-Qaeda (Part 1)

Is the story of how the radical fringe of mid century Cairo and the torture cells of Egyptian prisons forged the ideas which would ultimately inspire the deadliest terrorist attack in human history. In this episode of Empire We trace The ideological roots.

of nine eleven. We explore the life of Side Kutub. And the young bookish doctor who took up his violent mantle. From inside. A courtroom cage. I'm an

Al Zawahiri. In this first episode of what is an extraordinary lineup of guests to talk about the road to nine eleven. I'm joined by my old friend, the author and journalist and distinguished scholar of radical terrorism and revolutionists. Jason Burke. He is the author of many books, um, many of which I've had the pleasure of reviewing and and blurbing over the years. Al Qaeda, The True Story of Radical Islam, the book that taught the world what this movement actually was, one of the first books out of the trap after nine eleven. And most recently, the award winning revolutionists. The story of the extremists who hijacked nineteen seventies, which has just been shortlisted. For the Bailey Gifford Prize and is rightly being celebrated in all the book pages. Um it's a brilliant gripping book, which tells the story of radicalism.

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