Alaa Al Aswany Quotes

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If you can't find good in your own country, you won't find it anywhere else.

Alaa Al Aswany

Everything that happened to you is a page that's been turned and is done with.

Alaa Al Aswany

Egyptians are like camels: they can put up with beatings, humiliation and starvation for a long time but when they rebel they do so suddenly and with a force that is impossible to control.

Alaa Al Aswany

Alaa Al Aswany

Alaa Al Aswany

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Born: May 26, 1957 (age 68)

Bio: Alaa Al-Aswany is an Egyptian writer, and a founding member of the political movement Kefaya.

Known for:

The Yacoubian Building (2002)
The Automobile Club of Egypt (2015)
Chicago (2007)
Friendly Fire (2004)

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