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George Alagiah meets renowned writer and political commentator Adhaf Soueif at the Hay Festival of Literature and the Arts. Her latest book, This is Not a Border: Reportage and Reflection from the Palestine Festival of Literature, is an anthology celebrating the 10th anniversary of her own extraordinary literary festival. Her non-fiction also includes Cairo: A City Transformed, a passionate and gripping account of the Egyptian Revolution of 2011, which she experienced first-hand. In 1999 Adhaf Soueif became the first Muslim woman to be nominated for the Booker Prize for her novel The Map of Love.
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