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Alaa Al Aswany on Egypt

Duration: 43 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 18^th Jan 2016, 09:00 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Mon 18^th Jan 2016, 21:30 on BBC Radio 4 LW

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Tom Sutcliffe discusses Egypt with novelist Alaa Al Aswany, journalist Wendell Steavenson, academic Hugh Kennedy and political economist Tarek Osman. Show more

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Presenter:: Tom Sutcliffe
Interviewed Guest:: Alaa Al Aswany
Interviewed Guest:: Wendell Steavenson
Interviewed Guest:: Tarek Osman
Interviewed Guest:: Hugh Kennedy

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BBC Radio 4

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Fri 19^th Aug 2016, 15:45 on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: Fri 19^th Aug 2016, 15:45 on BBC Radio 4 LW

Short story by Wendell Steavenson. A former MP is coming to terms with her changed and reduced circumstances. Her neighbours gather outside her flat on a momentous night in June. Show more