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English edition
Jul
2011
204 pp.
Paperback
15X23 cm
$14.95
LE 75.00
ISBN
978 977 416 515 3
For sale only in the Middle East
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On the State of Egypt
The Issues That Caused the Revolution
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Alaa Al Aswany
Translated by
Jonathan Wright
The bestselling author of the Yacoubian Building and Chicago 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 these political and social essays first published as weekly articles in the Arabic press, Al Aswany considers these same issues that have tormented modern Egyptian society and that led the Egyptian people to rise up and overthrow their president and his regime in early 2011. Anyone curious to know what caused the revolution will find all the answers here. Critical, controversial, and straightforward, Al Aswany has consistently asked his government to serve the people, and the people to demand what they deserve.
Alaa Al Aswany was born in 1957. A dentist by profession, he is the author of the bestselling novels The Yacoubian Building (AUC Press, 2005) and 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).
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Reviews
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“Among the best writers in the Middle East Today.” —The Guardian
“Fearless.” —The New York Times
“ The columns fearlessly censure the Egyptian president, the ruling party and the vast security apparatuses that have monopolized power, silenced dissent and rigged elections”— Abdallah F. Hassan, The New York Times
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