On the State of Egypt: A Novelist's Provocative Reflections - Hardcover

Alaa Al Aswany

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 977416461X ISBN 13: 9789774164613

Publisher: American University in Cairo Press, 2011

Synopsis

The bestselling author of he Yacaoubian Building and hicago turns his attention to current affairs in Egypt. In the novels and short stories of Alaa Al Aswany, characters struggle with class differences, police brutality, poverty, sexual harassment, and political corruption; now, in a new collection of the weekly newspaper columns previously published in Arabic, Al Aswany considers these same issues that torment modern Egyptian society. He has a great deal to say about one of the most pressing questions on everyone's mind: who will be the next president of Egypt, and how will he be elected? He discusses the moral ambiguity of appointed politicians, the suitability of democratic reforms in a Muslim society, and the inherent contradiction in the actions of the religiously observant policeman who tortures or the man who harasses women. Critical, controversial, and straightforward, Al Aswany asks his government to serve the people, and the people to demand what they deserve.

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About the Author

Alaa Al Aswany was born in 1957. A dentist by profession, Al Aswany is the author of the bestselling novel The Yacaoubian Building(AUC Press, 2005), Chicago (AUC Press, 2007), and the novella and short story collection Friendly Fire (AUC Press 2009). Jonathan Wright is the translator of Judgment Day by Rasha al Ameer (AUC Press, 2011).

Edition details

• Publisher: American University in Cairo Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 977416461X
• ISBN 13: 9789774164613
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 204