I am according to my slave's expectations of me: if good, then good, and if bad, then bad.

- Alaa Al Aswany

Egyptians are like camels: they can put up with beatings, humiliation and starvation for a long time but when they rebel they do so suddenly and with…

- Alaa Al Aswany

Revolution is like a love story. When you are in love, you become a much better person. And when you are in revolution, you become a much better pers…

- Alaa Al Aswany

A fascinating book and a great pleasure to read: Betool Khedairi is a talented new voice in fiction.

- Alaa Al Aswany

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

If you can't find good in your own country, you won't find it anywhere else.

- Alaa Al Aswany

Everything that happened to you is a page that's been turned and is done with.

- Alaa Al Aswany