Alaa Al Aswany
![Al Aswany in [[Tahrir Square]] on 12 August 2011](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Alaa_Al_Aswany.jpg)
Alaa Al Aswany (, ; born 26 May 1957) is an Egyptian writer, novelist, dentist and a founding member of the political movement Kefaya. He is based in Paris and New York, where he lives and teaches creative writing.
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