Ahdaf Soueif



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 * 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 (Egypt: summary)
 * 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
 * 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
 * reveals its true face'' - The murder of these peace activists will count. Sanctions must surely be the price - 31st May 2010
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * language of the veil'' - Egyptian society adopted western styles in the 1920s but has, over time, returned to more traditional dress - 8th December 2001
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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
 * 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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