Christopher Dickey Interviews Alaa Al-Aswany
Egypt's best-known contemporary novelist, Alaa Al-Aswany, author of The Yacoubian Building, is also one of the country's most prominent political activists. Newsweek's Christopher Dickey caught up with him after curfew in one of Cairo's hotels.

Egypt's best-known contemporary novelist, Alaa Al-Aswany, author of The Yacoubian Building, is also one of the country's most prominent political activists. Newsweek's Christopher Dickey caught up with him after curfew in one of Cairo's hotels.
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