Alaa Al Aswany on "Chicago"

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Alaa Al Aswany reads from his novel, "Chicago," and talks with Steve Paulson about it. Al Aswany is one of the top-selling novelists in the Arab world, but because copyright protections are weak there, he still works part-time as a dentist. He says this keeps him in touch with the people. He firmly rejects political Islam.