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Alaa Al Aswany

HARDtalk: Alaa Al Aswany

Alaa Al-Aswany

08/12/2014 GMT

BBC News - HARDtalk, Alaa Al Aswany

Stephen Sackur meets Egyptian novelist and political commentator, Alaa Al Aswany.

What happened to the Egyptian revolution? HARDtalk meets Egyptian novelist and political commentator, Alaa Al Aswany, is Egypt's story a lesson in the dangers of wishful thinking?

Whatever happened to the Egyptian revolution? Those heady days of people power in Tahrir square now seem like a collective delusion. A military strong man is back in power, President Mubarak has been handed a get out of jail for free card and dissent is being repressed with an iron fist. HARDtalk speaks to Alaa Al Aswany, the bestselling Egyptian novelist, political commentator and sometime dentist. Is Egypt's story a harsh lesson in the dangers of wishful thinking?

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