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What\u2019s it like to come of age in a Muslim Brotherhood family in Egypt\u2019s Nile Delta? Abdelrahman Ayyash recounts his childhood, political awakening, and disenchantment.\nAyyash recounts his early history cocooned in a Brotherhood community that took care of its members\u2019 schooling, moral training, social life, and career counseling. And he recalls with stark frankness his shock, as a young blogger and political activist, at the political rigidity of the movement in which he\u2019d been raised.\nAyyash\u2019s personal journey from a young movement standout to dissident, critical researcher opens Broken Bonds, a five-part special season of the Order From Ashes podcast. The remaining episodes of Broken Bonds explore the triple crises facing the Brotherhood, the organization\u2019s likely resurgence, and how observers and policymakers mischaracterize the Brotherhood and its significance.\nBroken Bonds explores the evolution of Egypt\u2019s Muslim Brotherhood from the apex of its power, when it won Egypt\u2019s presidency in 2012, to the organization\u2019s disarray and marginalization today.\nThe podcast season is a companion to a new book, Broken Bonds: The Existential Crisis of Egypt\u2019s Muslim Brotherhood, 2013\u201322, published in February 2023 by TCF Press. Broken Bonds is part of \u201cFaith and Fracture,\u201d a TCF project supported by the Henry Luce Foundation.\nParticipants:\nAbdelrahman Ayyash, fellow, Century International\xa0\nThanassis Cambanis, director, Century International