Alaa Al Aswany on Egypt
Tom Sutcliffe discusses Egypt with novelist Alaa Al Aswany, journalist Wendell Steavenson, academic Hugh Kennedy and political economist Tarek Osman.
On Start the Week Tom Sutcliffe talks to the Egyptian writer Alaa Al Aswany about his latest novel which charts the country's social upheaval through the prism of Cairo's elite Automobile Club of Egypt. The foreign correspondent Wendell Steavenson looks back at the Egyptian revolution as the crowds gathered in Tahrir Square in 2011. The political economist Tarek Osman explores how Islamism has spread through the Middle East, and what its future prospects mean for the region, while Professor Hugh Kennedy charts the rise of the Caliphate and how the so-called Islamic State uses the iconography of early Islam as propaganda.
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Alaa Al Aswany
is an author.
The Automobile Club of Egypt is published by Canongate.
Wendell Steavenson
is a writer.
Circling the Square: Stories from the Egyptian Revolution is published by Granta Books.
Hugh Kennedy
is Professor of Arabic at SOAS.
Caliphate: An Idea through History will be published later this year, and Hugh will be talking about Islam in early medieval Egypt at the on Monday 1 February.
Tarek Osman
is an author, essayist, documentary maker and political economist.
Islamism: What it Means for the Middle East and the World is published by Yale University Press.
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Presenter | Tom Sutcliffe |
| Interviewed Guest | Alaa Al Aswany |
| Interviewed Guest | Wendell Steavenson |
| Interviewed Guest | Tarek Osman |
| Interviewed Guest | Hugh Kennedy |
Broadcasts
- Mon 18 Jan 2016 09:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Mon 18 Jan 2016 21:30Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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