Conspiracy in Modern Egyptian Literature

Examines the diverse uses of conspiracy theory in Egyptian fiction over the last century Provides the first critical study of conspiracy theory in Arabic literatureExamines work by authors who have received little critical attention in English (Youssef Rakha, Mohammad Rabie, Ahmed Naji)Examines the recent “authoritarian turn” of some Egyptian authorsContains an Arabic edition and partial translation of Naguib Surur’s infamous underground quatrains Conspiracy theory in the Arab World has come to