Egyptian novelist Alaa Al-Aswany is being sued by his country’s military rulers for expressing his dissent. He tells host Marco Werman that under the current Egyptian government, the decks are stacked against him. Al-Aswany is the author of the bestselling novel “The Yacoubian Building.”
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