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Alaa Al Aswany
AuthorBooks · Second handSince 1957
Alaa Al Aswany is an Egyptian writer, novelist, dentist and a founding member of the political movement Kefaya. He is based in Paris and New York, where he lives and teaches creative writing.
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About Alaa Al Aswany
Birth
1957
First book
2002
Years writing
24
Alaa Al Aswany is an Egyptian writer, novelist, dentist and a founding member of the political movement Kefaya. He is based in Paris and New York, where he lives and teaches creative writing.
Alaa Al Aswany balances his successful literary career with his profession as a dentist in Cairo.
His most famous work, The Yacoubian Building, offers a fascinating and complex portrait of contemporary Egyptian society.
Beyond being a novelist, he is a renowned political activist and journalist who uses his voice to analyze his country's reality.
His bibliography includes eleven works that explore themes as diverse as life in Egypt and the diaspora experience.
Born in 1957, Al Aswany has established himself as one of the most influential voices in contemporary Arabic literature.
