Video: In conversation with Egyptian author Ahdaf Soueif

“If the country is not changed radically then nobody knows what will happen to Egypt.”

Widely regarded as one of the most important authors writing in English, Ahdaf Soueif is best know for her novel The Map of Love. In this interview with The National’s chief columnist Faisal Al Yafai, she discusses her latest book, Cairo: My City, Our Revolution, a work of memoir and an account of the Egyptian revolution. “If the country is not changed radically,” she says, “then nobody knows what will happen to Egypt.”