Otared
subject: dystopian novel
description: 2025: fourteen years after the failed revolution, Egypt is invaded by a vicious foreign militant organization called the Knights of the Republic of Malta. Former police man Ahmed Otared joins a group of fellow officers in the armed resistance and witnesses grisly violence.
description: This novel, originally published in Arabic in 2014, is a highly disturbing and dystopia novel, reflecting some of the hopelessness and despair of the post-revolution period.
creator: Mohammed Rabie
source: https://hoopoefiction.com/book/otared/
publisher: Hoopoe Fiction
contributor: Translated by Robin Moger
rights: Mohammed Rabie
relation: https://theculturetrip.com/africa/egypt/articles/mohammad-rabies-otared-is-a-dystopian-take-on-the-hopelessness-of-post-arab-spring-egypt/
relation: https://egyptrevolution2011.ac.uk/items/show/248
relation: https://egyptrevolution2011.ac.uk/exhibits/show/police-and-security/police-and-security
language: English