Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: "Ko te Pukapuka Pakanga Roa" i kii ko al Sawah i uru ki te Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood i te tau 1981. I pūrongo rātau i hopukina ia i roto i te hopukanga nui o ngā mema o te Muslim Brotherhood whai muri i te kohurutanga o Anwar Sadat. "The Long War Journal" hoki pūrongo e Al Sawah, ko te kaihanga poma tino pūkenga, nei i whakangungu e Muhsin Musa Matwalli Atwah, te kaihanga poma i whakawhanakehia te poma
whakamahia ki te. I pūrongo rātau kua waihangahia e ia tētahi tauira tōmua o te poma hu i te raumati o te tau 2001 ā, kua whakawhanakehia e ia ngā tauira hou o ngā mīhini ā-kōaro ā-kōaro.