The Committee
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The Committee is a satirical novel by Egyptian writer Sonallah Ibrahim that critiques authoritarian bureaucracy and political repression in the Arab world.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Committee canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
novel
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satirical novel ⓘ |
| author | Sonallah Ibrahim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Egypt ⓘ |
| critiques |
authoritarian bureaucracy
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political repression in the Arab world ⓘ |
| genre |
allegorical novel
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political fiction ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasCentralCharacter | unnamed narrator ⓘ |
| hasForm | prose ⓘ |
| hasTone |
bleak
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satirical ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modern Arabic literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
Kafkaesque
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absurdist ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
abuse of power
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authoritarian bureaucracy ⓘ individual versus the state ⓘ political repression ⓘ state surveillance ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
bureaucratic nightmare imagery
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critique of Arab authoritarian regimes ⓘ use of dark humor ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Arabic ⓘ |
| setting | unnamed Arab country ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
arbitrary power of state committees
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censorship ⓘ ideological conformity ⓘ political oppression in the Arab world ⓘ |
| workOf | Sonallah Ibrahim NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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