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Alaa Al Aswany - Author and Columnist

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Is Egypt's story a harsh lesson in the dangers of wishful thinking?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Alaa Al Aswany, Egyptian novelist and political commentator. Is Egypt's story a harsh lesson in the dangers of wishful thinking?

Stephen Sackur speaks to Alaa Al Aswany, the Egyptian novelist, political commentator and sometime dentist. Is Egypt's story a harsh 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 free card and dissent is being repressed with an iron fist.

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