Alaa Al Aswany

Alaa Al Aswany
Alaa Al Aswany
	Al Aswany in 2011
Born	26 May 1957 (age 67); Cairo, Egypt
Occupation	Writer, novelist, and dentist
Language	Egyptian Arabic, Classical Arabic, French, Spanish, English
Alma mater	Cairo University; University of Illinois at Chicago
Notable works	The Isam Abd el-Ati Papers (1990); The Yacoubian Building; Chicago (2007); Friendly Fire (2004, 2008); The Automobile Club of Egypt (2013); The Republic of False Truths (2021)
Notable awards	Bashraheel Award for Arabic Novel (2005); The International Cavafi Award (2005); Bruno-Kriesky Award (2008); Tiziano Terzani Literary Award; Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters, France, 2016); Grand Prix of the Novel, Toulon France Festival (2006); Grinzani Cavour Award, Turin, Italy (2007); Mediterranean Culture Award, Naples, Italy (2007); Friedrich Rukert Literary Award (2008); Bruno Kreisky literary Award, Austria (2008); Achievement Award from the University of Illinois (2010); Majidi bin Zahir Arab Literature Award, Montreal, Canada (2011); Tiziano Terzani Award, Odeon, Italy (2011); Johann Philipp Palm Award, Germany (2012)
Spouse	Eman Taymoor (1993–present)
Children	3
Website
	alaaalaswany.com

Alaa Al Aswany (Arabic: علاء الأسواني, IPA: [ʕæˈlæːʔ elɑsˈwɑːni]; born 26 May 1957) is an Egyptian writer, novelist, and a founding member of the political movement Kefaya.

^ Planet Book Groupie Interview Archived 12 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine
^ Maya Jaggi, "Cairo calling", The Guardian, 23 August 2008.
^ Rachel Cooke, "The Interview", The Observer, 31 May 2009. Retrieved 24 May 2011.

Alaa Al Aswany
Al Aswany in 2011
Born	(1957-05-26) 26 May 1957 (age 67) Cairo, Egypt
Occupation	Writer, novelist, and dentist
Language	Egyptian Arabic, Classical Arabic, French, Spanish, English
Alma mater	Cairo University University of Illinois at Chicago
Notable works	The Isam Abd el-Ati Papers (1990) The Yacoubian Building Chicago (2007) Friendly Fire (2004, 2008) The Automobile Club of Egypt (2013) The Republic of False Truths (2021)
Notable awards	Bashraheel Award for Arabic Novel (2005) The International Cavafi Award (2005) Bruno-Kriesky Award (2008) Tiziano Terzani Literary Award Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters, France, 2016) Grand Prix of the Novel, Toulon France Festival (2006) Grinzani Cavour Award, Turin, Italy (2007) Mediterranean Culture Award, Naples, Italy (2007) Friedrich Rukert Literary Award (2008) Bruno Kreisky literary Award, Austria (2008) Achievement Award from the University of Illinois (2010) Majidi bin Zahir Arab Literature Award, Montreal, Canada (2011) Tiziano Terzani Award, Odeon, Italy (2011) Johann Philipp Palm Award, Germany (2012)
Spouse	Eman Taymoor (1993–present)^[1]
Children	3^[2]^[3]
Website
alaaalaswany.com