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Alaa Al Aswany on Egypt
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On Start the Week Tom Sutcliffe talks to the Egyptian writer Alaa Al Aswany about his latest novel which charts the country's social upheaval through the prism of Cairo's elite Automobile Club of Egypt
You beat me to it again! I was going to suggest that it was written in response to the government's assertion that the Guardian's coverage of revolution 2 was biassed towards the pro-Morsi camp!
Those with access to BBC World might be interested to watch Stephen Sackur interviewing author & journalist Alaa Al Aswany on the Hardtalk program. It is repeated throughout today & for a few days...
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There was a good debate moderated by Zeinab Badawi about legalization of drugs last night on BBC too. I don't know if they will repeat it, but it was interesting in light of the conversation that was...
'Jews of Egypt,' scheduled for release in Egyptian cinemas next month.
On a quest to discover how Egyptian Jews went from partners to enemies within the span of a few decades, Egyptian filmmaker...
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Thank you Bennu - I'd lost track of this one. Egyptian Chronicles is a great little site with interesting views on urban development as well as politics.
Egypt has allocated EGP 92.4 billion in public investments for the development of Upper Egypt in the current FY2021/2022, out of 1.25 trillion for the country’s total investments, Minister of...