title: Return of the Pharaoh: Memoir in Nasir's Prision
author: Zainab Al-Ghazali
description: This is an account of how the author, a leading figure in the Islamic movement in Egypt, was accused in 1965 of conspiring to kill Jamal Abd al-Nasir, the President of Egypt.
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  ## Contents
  
  
  [The Author](the_author.htm)
  
  
  [The Translator](the_translator.htm)
  
  
  [Chapter 1 A Very Different World…](chapter_1_a_very_different_world.htm)
  
  
  [Chapter 2 The Mission](chapter_2_the_mission.htm)
  
  
  [Chapter 3 The Power Of Thought](chapter_3_the_power_of_thought.htm)
  
  
  [Chapter 4 The Testament](chapter_4_the_testament.htm)
  
  
  [Chapter 5 Hope](chapter_5_hope.htm)
  
  
  [Chapter 6 The Mbunh War](chapter_6_the_mbunh_war.htm)
  
  
  [Chapter 7 Revenge](chapter_7_revenge.htm)
  
  
  [Copyright](copyright.htm)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## [The Author](contents.htm#ch1)
  
  
  Abdulai Silá was born in 1958 in Catió, Guinea Bissau. He moved to the
  capital, Bissau, to complete his school studies and then to Dresden, Germany,
  to complete a degree in Power Engineering. He currently lives in Bissau and
  combines telecommunications work with writing. He is the author of four
  novels: _A Última Tragédia_ , _Eterna Paixão_ , _Mi