Ahdaf Soueif

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Articles: Hosni Mubarak's mafia ending - At first Egyptians simply wanted Mubarak out. But the more they learn, the more calls for execution grow - 25th February 2012 Egypt's revolution has carved its path to parliament - The Egyptian uprising is like the Nile in flood. It cannot be kept back with barriers and uniforms - 25th January 2012 The Arab spring: one year on - In January 2011 the Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali was forced to step down and millions of Egyptians took to the streets. Ahdaf Soueif records the momentous events in Cairo - 15th January 2012 Image of unknown woman beaten by Egypt's military echoes around world - The arrest and brutal treatment of this young woman reminds us that the revolution is far from over - 19th December 2011 In Egypt, the stakes have risen - Alaa Abd el-Fattah's jailing by the army is an attack on the very spirit of Egypt's revolution - 14th November 2011 Egypt's revolution is stuck in a rut, but we still have the spirit to see it through - Egypt's military government has placed obstacles in the way of reform that can only be overcome by a collective effort of will - 14th July 2011 (Egypt: summary) Back to the Middle East: Egypt needs your holiday money - Celebrated novelist and political commentator Adhaf Soueif has the perfect way to support Egypt's revolution: come on holiday - 18th June 2011 Our revolt is not Obama's - Barack Obama says he wants change in the Arab world yet insults us with the same old bad policies - 21st May 2011 In Egypt it was silence or shouting. Now it's a great conversation - The fall of Hosni Mubarak – and the instruments of state oppression – have allowed the Tahrir Square mindset to spread - 8th March 2011 Egypt protests: The feeling in Tahrir Square was one of disbelief - 'He's not going? What the hell does he want?' Ahdaf Soueif in a packed square in Cairo on the reaction toMubarak's speech - 11th February 2011 The Egyptian regime has turned its thugs loose again ... - The tactics used against protesters at the last election have appeared with redoubled viciousness - 3rd February 2011 It's Egypt's young who are leading the protests - There is a level of organisation springing up here in Cairo that can best be described as solidarity in action - 27th January 2011 The regime can fix the elections – but it can't fix the Egyptian people - Against a background of fraud and thuggery, opposition is mounting. And our anger can defeat our divided rulers - 15th September 2010 Israel reveals its true face - The murder of these peace activists will count. Sanctions must surely be the price - 31st May 2010 We wanted a world leader. We saw only a US president - Obama's long-awaited speech demonstrated little to suggest America will pursue any course beyond its own interests - 5th June 2010 This exodus presents us Egyptians with a threat - and an opportunity -In a spectacular act of civil disobedience the Palestinians have created a powerful new fact on the ground. But they have also presented President Hosni Mubarak with an opportunity - 27th January 2008 Higher asp orations - The 'discovery' that Cleopatra was not just a pretty face should not surprise us. What should is how we have distorted her reputation - 14th February 2007 The waiting game -Three years ago, the acclaimed Egyptian novelist Ahdaf Soueif travelled through the West Bank to write a special report for G2. This month, she returned for the first time - 24th November 2003 The language of the veil - Egyptian society adopted western styles in the 1920s but has, over time, returned to more traditional dress - 8th December 2001 Nile blues - Britain and the US claim the support of most Middle Eastern governments in the war against terrorism, but what do ordinary Arabs think? Do they see it as the west versus Islam? And what do they make of Tony Blair? - 6th November 2001 It provides the one window through which we can breathe - Egyptian novelist Ahdaf Soueif explains why the al-Jazeera TV station is so important to Arabs - 9th October 2001 Our poor, our weak, our hungry - American people are beginning to understand their connection to the whole world. Their leaders must understand it too - 15th September 2001 Under the gun: a Palestinian journey - Earlier this month, the Guardian sent acclaimed novelist Ahdaf Soueif to Israel and the occupied territories. This is the searing account of her journey - 18th December 2000

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