Alaa Al Aswany

The Automobile Club of Egypt

Cairo taxi drivers navigate modern Egypt's political and social upheaval

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Alaa Al Aswany
Alaa Al Aswany

Egyptian novelist and dentist whose The Yacoubian Building exposed the corruption and social tensions of Cairo with scandalous frankness. It became one of the best-selling Arabic novels in decades and was adapted for film and television.

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