The Committee

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The Committee

novel by Ibrāhīm

Also known as: “Al-Lajnah”

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Ṣunʿ Allāh Ibrāhīm
In Al-Lajnah (1981; The Committee), his best-known novel, he satirizes Egyptian Pres. Anwar el-Sādāt’s policy of infitāḥ (Arabic: “opening”), which decentralized the economy and opened Egypt to foreign investment but failed to curb censorship. Because of that censorship, the novel had to be published in Lebanon.
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In Al-Lajnah (1981; The Committee), his best-known novel, he satirizes Egyptian Pres. Anwar el-Sādāt’s policy of infitāḥ (Arabic: “opening”), which decentralized the economy and opened Egypt to foreign investment but failed to curb censorship. Because of that censorship, the novel had to be published in Lebanon.
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