Egyptian Arabic, Classical Arabic, French, Spanish, English
Alma mater
Cairo University University of Illinois at Chicago
Notable works
The Isam Abd el-Ati Papers (1990) The Yacoubian Building Chicago (2007) Friendly Fire (2004, 2008) The Automobile Club of Egypt (2013) The Republic of False Truths (2021)
Notable awards
Bashraheel Award for Arabic Novel (2005) The International Cavafi Award (2005) Bruno-Kriesky Award (2008) Tiziano Terzani Literary Award Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters, France, 2016) Grand Prix of the Novel, Toulon France Festival (2006) Grinzani Cavour Award, Turin, Italy (2007) Mediterranean Culture Award, Naples, Italy (2007) Friedrich Rukert Literary Award (2008) Bruno Kreisky literary Award, Austria (2008) Achievement Award from the University of Illinois (2010) Majidi bin Zahir Arab Literature Award, Montreal, Canada (2011) Tiziano Terzani Award, Odeon, Italy (2011) Johann Philipp Palm Award, Germany (2012)
Spouse
Eman Taymoor (1993–present)[1]
Children
3[2][3]
Website
alaaalaswany.com
Alaa Al Aswany (Arabic: علاء الأسواني, IPA:[ʕæˈlæːʔelɑsˈwɑːni]; born 26 May 1957) is an Egyptian writer, novelist, and a founding member of the political movement Kefaya.
^Planet Book Groupie Interview Archived 12 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
^Maya Jaggi, "Cairo calling", The Guardian, 23 August 2008.
^Rachel Cooke, "The Interview", The Observer, 31 May 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
AlaaAlAswany (Arabic: علاء الأسواني, IPA: [ʕæˈlæːʔ elɑsˈwɑːni]; born 26 May 1957) is an Egyptian writer, novelist, and a founding member of the political...
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2011, one day after a contentious talk show confrontation in which AlaaAlAswany, a prominent Egyptian novelist, accused him of being a Mubarak regime...
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January that it would participate. Public figures, including novelist AlaaAlAswany, writer Belal Fadl and actors Amr Waked and Khaled Aboul Naga, announced...
Ibn 'Arabi by al-Izz is reported by 'Abd al-Ghaffar al-Qusi, al-Fayruzabadi, al-Qari al-Baghdadi, al-Suyuti, al-Sha'rani, al-Maqqari, Ibn al-'Imad, and some...
around the world and chaired by Sheikh Hamad bin Thamer Al Thani. The board members were: AlaaAlAswany, Jassim Marzouq Boodai, Paulo Coelho, Burhan Ghalioun...
major feature film entitled The Yacoubian Building based on a novel by AlaaAlAswany and starring Adel Emam. He has taken part in direction of the series...
about the 7th-century Arabic poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah and his lover Layla bint Mahdi (later known as Layla al-Aamiriya). "The Layla-Majnun theme passed...
Myself These Days by Josh Kilmer-Purcell, The Yacoubian Building by AlaaAlAswany, This Will Be My Undoing by Morgan Jerkins, The Paradox of Choice by...
prominent Egyptian figures including writer and political activist AlaaAlAswany and director and film-writer Khaled Youssef. Sabahi was born in a small...
is best known for his 2011 novel Status: Emo which was described by AlaaAlAswany as one of the best Arabic novels of the decade. It has since been translated...
well as from Switzerland. Some of its better known authors are: AlaaAlAswany, Ibrahim Al-Koni or Nicolas Bouvier, Alice Rivaz and Annemarie Schwarzenbach...
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