Otared

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR ARABIC FICTION

A horror-filled obituary on Egypt''s failed revolution

2025: fourteen years after the failed revolution, Egypt is invaded once more. As traumatized Egyptians eke out a feral existence in Cairo''s dusty downtown, former cop Ahmed Otared joins a group of fellow officers seeking Egypt''s liberation through the barrel of a gun.

As Cairo becomes a...