On the State of Egypt A Novelist's Provocative Reflections (a Tahrir Studies Edition) |
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| Author:
| al Aswany, Alaa
Wright, Jonathan |
| ISBN: | 978-977-416-461-3 |
| Publication Date: | Apr 2011 |
| Publisher: | American University in Cairo Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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The bestselling author of The Yacaoubian 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 a new collection of the weekly newspaper columns previously published in Arabic, Al Aswany considers these same issues that torment modern Egyptian society.
The bestselling author of The Yacaoubian 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 a new collection of the weekly newspaper columns previously published in Arabic, Al Aswany considers these same issues that torment modern Egyptian society.