Alaa Al Aswany
Egyptian novelist and dentist whose The Yacoubian Building was the bestselling Arabic novel for years, exposing the corruption and hypocrisy of Egyptian society under Mubarak.
Works
- The Yacoubian BuildingInterconnected stories of tenants in a Cairo apartment building navigating love, ambition, and moral compromise
- Chicago
- On the State of EgyptEssays and reflections on Egypt's political, social, and cultural condition during turbulent times
- The Automobile Club of EgyptEarly twentieth-century Cairo through interwoven tales of a taxi club and its members