“The concept of the benevolent dictator, just like the concepts of the noble thief or the honest whore, is no more than a meaningless fantasy.” — Alaa Al Aswany Copy Share Image
Illiteracy does not impede the practice of democracy, as witnessed by the success of democracy in India despite the high illiteracy rate. One doesn't… — Alaa Al Aswany Copy Share Image
“...he was one of the great intellectuals of the 1940s who completed their higher studies in the West and returned to their country to… — Alaa Al Aswany Copy Share Image
“She represents the beauty of the common people in all its vulgarity and provocativeness.” — Alaa Al Aswany Copy Share Image
Egyptians are like camels: they can put up with beatings, humiliation and starvation for a long time but when they rebel they do so… — Alaa Al Aswany Copy Share Image
“I lived through beautiful times, Busayna. It was a different age. Cairo was like Europe. It was clean and smart and the people were… — Alaa Al Aswany Copy Share Image
If you can't find good in your own country, you won't find it anywhere else. — Alaa Al Aswany Copy Share Image
“If you can’t find good in your own country, you won’t find it anywhere else.” The words slipped out from Zaki Bey, but he… — Alaa Al Aswany Copy Share Image
“Sheikh Bilal had taken him aside the day before the wedding and spoken to him of marriage and his wife’s rights in the Law,… — Alaa Al Aswany Copy Share Image
“...oh that short hair, a la garcon that evokes unfamiliar, boyish kinds of sex.” — Alaa Al Aswany Copy Share Image
I am according to my slave's expectations of me: if good, then good, and if bad, then bad. — Alaa Al Aswany Copy Share Image
“He had worked out long ago that police officers evaluated a citizen on the basis of three factors—his appearance, his occupation, and the way… — Alaa Al Aswany Copy Share Image
“The concept of the benevolent dictator, just like the concepts of the noble thief or the honest whore, is no more than a meaningless… — Alaa Al Aswany Copy Share Image
