I just started to understand something of modern Egypt with an Italian colleague of Saad Eddin Ibrahim, a couple of weeks ago, has kindly sent me an article written by the Egyptian scholar. Ibrahim, a former professor of sociology at the American University of Cairo, is a democracy activist, very critical of Mubarak, and also went to prison for his ideas, little appreciated by the regime.
So, thanks to him, intrigued by his review, I read, with some years of delay, The Yacoubian Building Ala-Al-Aswani, a 2002 novel that became the best-selling book in the Arab world after the Koran. Ibrahim writes: "I found Al-Aswani in prison where I was imprisoned on charges of having stained the good name of Egypt.
So, thanks to him, intrigued by his review, I read, with some years of delay, The Yacoubian Building Ala-Al-Aswani, a 2002 novel that became the best-selling book in the Arab world after the Koran. Ibrahim writes: "I found Al-Aswani in prison where I was imprisoned on charges of having stained the good name of Egypt.
