On the State of Egypt

Name: On the State of Egypt
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What Made the Revolution Inevitable

Alaa Al Aswany (Author) ... more

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English • Age Adult - Adult

208 pages • 5.25 x 7.95 x 0.5 in

Approx. weight: 0.5 lb

Publication date: 25 Mar,2011

Barcode: 9780307946980 • Vintage

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By: Alaa Al Aswany

“Alaa Al Aswany is among the best writers in the Middle East today, a suitable heir to the mantle worn by Naguib Mahfouz, his great predecessor.” –Jay Parini, The Guardian (UK)

From one of Egypt’s most acclaimed novelists, here is a vivid chronicle of Egyptian society, with penetrating analysis of all the most urgent issues—economic stagnation, police brutality, poverty, the harassment of women and of the Christian minority, to name a few—that led to the stunning overthrow of the Mubarak government. Al-Aswany addresses himself to all the questions being asked within Egypt and beyond: who will be the next president, and how will he be chosen in a land where heretofore only simpletons, opportunists and stooges involved themselves with elections? What role will the Muslim Brotherhood play? How can democratic reforms be effected among a people used to such contradictions as the religiously observant policeman who commits torture? In a candid and controversial assessment of both the potential and limitations that will determine his country’s future, Al-Aswany reveals why the revolt that surprised the world was destined to happen.

“[The] star of a new generation of Egyptian novelists.” –The Independent (UK)