Though her collection of endorsement deals, fashion line and debut fragrance helped pad her pocketbook, it was her 32-country, six-continent I Am... tour that took her around the globe and earned her many millions along the way.
The Brotherhood had already been active in the scheduled September presidential elections, moving close to a formal endorsement of el-Baradei's candidacy, a seemingly odd coalition between a collection of medieval, theocratic radicals and, in effect, a European social democrat.