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Ahdaf Soueif

Author and aunt of Alaa Abd El-Fattah.

StoryNov 18, 2022

“A Near-Death Experience”: U.K.-Egyptian Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah Almost Dies on Prison Hunger Strike

StoryDec 21, 2021

5 Years for a Retweet: Egyptian Rights Activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah Sentenced by Emergency Court

StoryJun 12, 2014

In Sisi’s Egypt, Leading Dissident Gets 15-Year Term as Al Jazeera Reporter Languishes Behind Bars

StoryAug 19, 2013

Ahdaf Soueif: Amidst Egypt’s Bloodshed, “We Are Trying Keep the Discourse of the Revolution Alive”

StoryJul 03, 2013

Novelist Ahdaf Soueif: By Ignoring Egypt’s Majority, Morsi Begat the Uprising Against His Rule

StoryMar 08, 2011

Novelist Ahdaf Soueif on Egypt’s Revolution: “People Were Rediscovering Themselves”

Web ExclusiveFeb 11, 2011

The Egyptian Revolution: A Democracy Now! Special on Mubarak’s Resignation

Web ExclusiveFeb 10, 2011

“People Have Found Their Voice”: Acclaimed Egyptian Writer Ahdaf Soueif on the Egyptian Uprising

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