«Countless plagues, wander amongst men; for earth is full of evils»: A New Age of Humanity without Hope in Dystopian Novel ʿUṭārid by Muḥammad Rabīʿ

Articolo della rivista, Anno XIII, numero 26, dicembre 2023
The 2011 revolutions boosted the speculative fiction genre in Arabic literatures. In Egypt, the consecration of a new authoritarian regime in the aftermath of the demonstrations’ bloody repression buried any hope for liberty, and gave space to a strong feeling of disillusion. Muḥammad Rabīʿ’s novel ʿUṭārid (2014), an anticipative dystopia [...]