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This paper discusses the three years between Hosni Mubarak's fall in Egypt and the ousting of the Muslim Brotherhood in 2013. The author argues that in this period, authoritarian forces remained the key political players in the country and that democratic forces have not capitalized on openings within the political system. He also contends that prospects for Muslim Brotherhood’s political reintegration and a democratization of political Islam are not good and that as long as credible alternatives fail to gain any position within Egypt's political system, Egypt's authoritarian system will persist and its main political challenges will go unresolved.