Alaa Al Aswany Quotes

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

  Alaa Al Aswany

  Country, Ifs

  Alaa Al Aswany (2004). “The Yacoubian Building”, p.135, I.B.Tauris

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

  Alaa Al Aswany

  Done, Pages, Happened

  Alaa Al Aswany (2004). “The Yacoubian Building”, p.192, I.B.Tauris

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• 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 person.

  Alaa Al Aswany

  Spring, Love You, Stories

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

  Alaa Al Aswany

  Expectations, Slave, Ifs

  Alaa Al Aswany (2009). “The Yacoubian Building: A Novel”, p.20, Harper Collins

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• 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 a force that is impossible to control.

  Alaa Al Aswany

  Long, Camels, Rebel

  FaceBook post by Alaa Al Aswany from Nov 26, 2012

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• 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 need a university diploma to realize that the ruler is oppressive and corrupt. On the other hand, to eradicate illiteracy requires that we elect a fair and efficient political regime.

  Alaa Al Aswany

  Hands, Practice, Political

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

  Alaa Al Aswany

  Book, Voice, Fiction

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