Dystopia in Arabic Speculative Fiction

This is the first book that studies 16 Arabic novels of speculative fiction, introducing 11 of which that have not been translated in English before. This is the first book in English that analyzes the work of three women authors of speculative fiction novels. This book pioneers the use of the term Arabic cyberpunk fiction, which has normally been associated with Western literature. This book covers authors from seven Arab countries, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Mauritania, Syria, and Tunisia. Some countries included here are usually under-represented in studies of Arabic literature in English, such as Mauritania. This book is part of a larger project by the author to formulate new poetics of literary theory for Arabic fiction. He has published two books already in this project (one by Routledge). In this book he uses a social and psychological theoretical framework. This is the first book in English focusing on Arabic speculative fiction and dystopian fiction, not just science fiction, and predicts a new turn in the Arabic novel. This book is one of the few studies in English to refer to dissertations in Arabic academia among its references, thus pointing out the rising interest in Arabic speculative fiction in Arab countries.