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Talking Books: Hay Festival 2017

Ahdaf Soueif

Duration: 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS EuropeLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS North America

George Alagiah meets renowned writer and political commentator Ahdaf Soueif at Hay Festival. Her latest book, 'This Is Not A Border: Reportage and Reflection from the Palestine Festival of Literature' is an anthology celebrating the tenth anniversary of her own extraordinary literary festival. Her non-fiction also includes 'Cairo: A City Transformed', a passionate and gripping account of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, which she experienced first-hand. In 1999 Ahdaf Soueif became the first Muslim woman to be nominated for the Booker Prize for her novel 'The Map of Love'. Show less

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