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020			_a9781912697700
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245			_aEgypt +100: _bStories from a Century after Tahrir
260			_aGreat Britain: _bComma Press, _c2024
300			_a160 p., _c23 cm
520			_a"Egypt + 100 poses a question to twelve contemporary Egyptian authors: what might your country look like in the year 2111 – exactly a century after the failed Tahrir Square Revolution? Might Egypt still be in the grip of ‘friendly authoritarianism’, clinging to power with all the weapons of futurism at its disposal: protest-avoidant architecture, excessive surveillance, the slow replacement of the outside world with the virtual one. Or might other historical forces come into play, pairing pragmatism with tolerance, and realising some of the lost aspirations of the long-cancelled ‘Arab Spring’. Covering a range of styles – from SF noir, to supernatural horror, to political farce – these stories use the blank canvas of the future to process recent traumas that Egypt has yet to come to terms with. Along the way, we encounter gladiatorial entertainments, anti-procreation resistance movements, the decline of Cairo into a lawless wasteland, far from the gated security of the New Capital, and the simultaneous flooding of lower Egypt with the drying up of the Nile. Each story offers an object lesson in the strange logic of authoritarianism, and how, as the editor puts it, politicians’ fantasies ‘eventually become the citizens’ worst nightmares.’" --Provided by publisher.
650			_aEgypt _xShort stories _z21st century _9212
650			_aShort stories _y21st century _zEgypt _9213
700			_aAhmed Naji _eeditor _ewriter _9214
700			_aAhmed Fakharany _ewriter _9215
700			_aAzza Sultan _ewriter _9216
700			_aBelal Fadl _ewriter _9217
700			_aCamellia Hussein _ewriter _9218
700			_aMichel Hanna _ewriter _9219
700			_aMansoura Ez Eldin _ewriter _9220
700			_aNora Nagi _ewriter _9221
700			_aHeba Khamis _ewriter _9222
700			_aMohamed Kheir _ewriter _9223
700			_aAhmed Wael _ewriter _9224
700			_aYasmine El Rashidi _ewriter _9225
700			_aMajd Abu Shawish _etranslator _9226
700			_aRobin Moger _etranslator _9227
700			_aAndrew Leber _etranslator _9228
700			_aElisabeth Jaquette _etranslator _9229
700			_aMohammed Ghalayini _etranslator _9230
700			_aRaphael Cohen _etranslator _9231
700			_aRaph Cormack _etranslator _9232
700			_aPaul Starkey _etranslator _9233
700			_aMayada Ibrahim _etranslator _9234
700			_aBasma Ghalayini _etranslator _9235
700			_aMaisa Almanasreh _etranslator _9236
700			_aRana Asfour _etranslator _9237
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