The Trench
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"The Trench" is a politically charged novel by Abdelrahman Munif that continues his epic critique of oil-driven transformation and authoritarianism in the modern Arab world.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Trench canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
literary work
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novel ⓘ |
| author | Abdelrahman Munif NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Arab world NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticizes |
oil-driven authoritarian regimes
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social and political corruption ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
impact of oil wealth on society
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relationship between power and resources ⓘ |
| genre |
political novel
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social critique ⓘ |
| hasCulturalContext | petroleum era in the Arab world ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
critical view of oil-based development
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critical view of state power ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalContent | true ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modern Arabic literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
authoritarianism
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modernization in the Arab world ⓘ oil-driven social transformation ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | fiction ⓘ |
| partOf | Abdelrahman Munif's epic critique of oil and power ⓘ |
| portrays | authoritarian political systems ⓘ |
| setting | modern Arab world ⓘ |
| workOf | Abdelrahman Munif NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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