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This section contains master narratives not included in the book, as well as blog posts and other items related to the subject. Visit this space regularly for new material on extremists’ use of this important rhetorical device.

[Blog Post] Implicit Master Narratives in Extremist Website Launch | July 13th, 2011
Jeff Halverson describes how an announcement of the Al-Fida Islamic Network website invokes three master narratives in one sentence.
[White Paper] The Tariq ibn Ziyad Master Narrative | July 8th, 2011
Jeff Halverson describes the narrative of the conquest of Iberia, commonly invoked by extremists in North Africa such as AQLIM.
[Blog Post] Zawahiri’s Curious Recollection of Karbala in Bin Laden Eulogy | July 1st, 2011
Jeff Halverson puzzles over the Sunni al-Zawahiri invoking a Shi'a master narrative in his eulogy of bin Laden.
[Blog Post] Egypt and Iran: A Tale of Two Narratives | February 21st, 2011
Jeff Halverson and Steve Corman write in COMOPS Journal about two master narratives that suggest differing outcomes in the Iranian and Egyptian revolutions.
[Blog Post] Democracy, God, the People, and the Pharaoh | January 29th, 2011
Bud Goodall writes in COMOPS Journal about the role of the Pharaoh narrative in the ongoing protests in Egypt.