Straight talk

Magdi Allam

New "Salman Rushdie" in Italy?

Magdi Allam, an Egyptian-born Italian journalist and editor of Italy's most influential newspaper, is again at the center of the storm following his seventh book, Viva Israele (Long Live Israel).

The book is the tale of his life under the regime of Egyptian President Nasser. According to Allam, Nasser is responsible for having turned Egypt - and the rest of the Arab world - into the cradle of the "ideology of death." Allam claims Nasser brought about an aggressive pan-Arabic dream based on the denial of Israel's right to exist.
(Al-Bawaba-Jordan)