ISBN 9789774164613
American University in Cairo Press
Hardback: 204 pages
Pub Date: Feb 2011
US$24.95 |
On the State of Egypt
Alaa Al Aswany
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 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 everybody’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 ask his government to serve the people , and the people to demand what they deserve.
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