improving or not, he said. AlKhamissi, whose second novel Noah's Ark -- also a bestseller -- was published in 2009, said he stopped writing his third novel at the start of the uprising on January 25 this year and has been unable to concentrate on writing since. It's impossible to write because my mind is taken with what is happening day after day, hour after hour, he said. Since January, AlKhamissi has filled his time with a weekly newspaper column, lectures and speaking events. But the author wants to get back to writing fiction. Every night I want to write because it is my only job, my only happiness, he said. I have to find a solution soon or I will die. Taxi was credited with single-handedly reviving an interest in reading in Egypt, according to its publisher Bloomsbury Qatar Foundation, but AlKhamissi denies his book is responsible. He said: Some journalists have said that about my book, but it's nonsense to say that one book or 10 books can change reading habits. Reading has increased in the last six years, but it has taken many social factors. We have had a cultural revolution in the last six years in all matters: Theater, music, fiction and publishing. This cultural revolution is related to youth searching for a dream. AlKhamissi said he dreams of an Egypt where taxi drivers could have the time and education to read his -- or any other -- book. They do n't have