Alaa Al Aswany

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May 26, 1957 in Egypt

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Alaa al-Aswany (Arabic: علاء الأسواني‎), Egyptian Arabic (Masri) "علاء الاسوانى" (born 1957) is an Egyptian writer, and a founding member of the political movement Kefaya.

Trained as a dentist in Egypt and Chicago, it took him 9 years to earn his degree from Chicago National University where he spent 17 years in his life, al-Aswany has contributed numerous articles to Egyptian newspapers on literature, politics, and social issues. His second novel, The Yacoubian Building, an ironic depiction of modern Egyptian society, has been widely read in Egypt and throughout the Middle East. It has been translated into English, Danish, Finnish, French, Norwegian, Greek and Dutch, and was adapted into a film (2006) and a television series (2007) of the s...more

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مقالة علاء الاسوانى فى جريدة المصرى اليوم : …هل هذه الانتخابات عادلة …؟! ……

مقالة علاء الاسوانى فى جريدة الصرى اليوم

22 مايو 2012

…هل هذه الانتخابات عادلة …؟! ……

عزيزي المواطن المصري لا شك أنك تعيش الآن حالة لم تعرفها من قبل ..

لأول مرة ستشارك في انتخابات رئاسية بغير أن تعرف مسبقا من هو الرئيس القادم . .

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هذه الخطوة العظيمة في تاريخ مصر يرجع الفضل فيها ـــ بعد الله ــــ الى الثورة وحدها ..

أصحاب الفضل علينا هم 20 مليون مصري خرجوا الى الشوارع وواجهوا الرص...

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Books by Alaa Al Aswany

Average rating: 3.46 · 7,939 ratings · 988 reviews · 8 distinct works

	The Yacoubian Building 3.56 avg rating — 4,042 ratings — published 2004 — 32 editions	My rating:
	شيكاجو 3.37 avg rating — 3,485 ratings — published 2007 — 21 editions	My rating:
	On the State of Egypt: A Novelist's Provocative Reflections by Alaa Al Aswany, Jonathan Wright (Translator) 3.52 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	My rating:
	نيران صديقة by علاء الأسواني, Alaa Al Aswany 3.39 avg rating — 1,318 ratings — published 2004 — 10 editions	My rating:
	J'aurais Voulu Être Égyptien 3.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Bokserhunde i alle farver 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Arabi invisibili by Paola Caridi (author), Alaa Al Aswany (presenter) 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Alaa Al Aswany

“If you can't find good in your own country, you won't find it anywhere else.”
― Alaa Al Aswany, The Yacoubian Building

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“The concept of the benevolent dictator, just like the concepts of the noble thief or the honest whore, is no more than a meaningless fantasy.”
― Alaa Al Aswany, On the State of Egypt: A Novelist's Provocative Reflections

tags: dictator , dictatorship

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“Illiteracy does not impede the practice of democracy, as witnessed by the success of democracy in India despite the high illiteracy rate. One doesn't need a university diploma to realize that the ruler is oppressive and corrupt. On the other hand, to eradicate illiteracy requires that we elect a fair and efficient political regime.”
― Alaa Al Aswany, شيكاجو

tags: democracy , illiteracy

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