In recent decades, the horror and dystopian science fiction novel has seen a significant surge in the Arab literary landscape, likely also as a response to the failures of 2011 popular uprisings. However, even before that date, novels defined as “social dystopias” were published, such as Yūtūbiyā (Utopia) by the Egyptian Ahmad Khālid Tawfīq, released in 2008. Through the intertwining stories of its characters, who inhabit an imaginary future society morally and materially degraded, a model of masculinity (rujūla), hierarchical and violent, gradually takes shape. This contribution aims to examine some of the factors that contribute to the construction of this model, highlighting how they are an allegory of the difficult and contradictory socio-political conditions experienced by Egypt in the years preceding the so-called ʻArab Springʼ.
ALCUNE RIFLESSIONI SUL MODELLO DI MASCOLINITÀ NELL’EGITTO DISTOPICO DI AHMAD KHĀLID TAWFĪQ
elvira Diana
2025-01-01
Abstract
In recent decades, the horror and dystopian science fiction novel has seen a significant surge in the Arab literary landscape, likely also as a response to the failures of 2011 popular uprisings. However, even before that date, novels defined as “social dystopias” were published, such as Yūtūbiyā (Utopia) by the Egyptian Ahmad Khālid Tawfīq, released in 2008. Through the intertwining stories of its characters, who inhabit an imaginary future society morally and materially degraded, a model of masculinity (rujūla), hierarchical and violent, gradually takes shape. This contribution aims to examine some of the factors that contribute to the construction of this model, highlighting how they are an allegory of the difficult and contradictory socio-political conditions experienced by Egypt in the years preceding the so-called ʻArab Springʼ.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
