Alaa al-Aswani

Alaa 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. — biography from On the State of Egypt: What Made the Revolution Inevitable… (més)