Author: Ahmed Naji -أحمد ناجى
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Review: Egypt’s Carceralocracy
Read the full review here :Egypt’s Carceralocracy | Collective Antigone
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مقدمة كتاب مصر +100 : أو كيف نقرأ أدب الخيال العلمى خارج القصرية الغربية
إليكم هذا اللغز؛ هل الخيال العلمي: [1]“Science fiction is often described, and even defined as extrapolative. Science fiction writers is supposed to take a trend or phenomenon of the here-and-now, purify and intensify it for dramatic effect, and extend it into the future: Distinguishing factors of SF are its orientation…
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Waiting for the Waters to Rise: ‘Egypt+100’ (ed. Ahmed Naji, 2024)
In 2015, the Egyptian government announced ambitious plans for a new capital city in the desert east of Cairo. Taking inspiration from smart cities in China, Saudi Arabia and Kazakhstan, the new development would feature thirty-five square miles of solar farms, an artificial river feeding a six-thousand-acre park, and a city-wide security…
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فاشية جديدة
لفاشية تحبّ السرد البسيط: نظام. أمن. أعداء. لكن الحياة الحقيقية أكثر فوضوية. نحتاج إلى روايات وسرديات تعيدنا للمدينة، للحب، للخسارة، للتجربة الإنسانية الكاملة.
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New Book: The Speculative RouteFutures from South and Southwest Asia and North Africa
The Speculative RouteFutures from South and Southwest Asia and North Africa In a new book that just came out, I contributed a chapter on science fiction in Arabic literature. In it, I attempt to introduce a new definition of sci-fi—one that diverges from the Western model. My approach isn’t rooted…
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A final comment on Kasparov’s hypocrisy… and the so-called “Centrists” who speak of rights while excusing genocide.
In March 2021, I received an email from someone named Garry Kasparov. The subject line caught my eye, and the message began: “We may not have met yet, but I’ve followed your story and it appears we’re engaged in a similar fight. Historically, many of us looked to the United…
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How Do We Fight a Flagless Fascism?
There was a time when fascism wore its uniform proudly: Flags. Massive banners. Boots shining under the sun. Today?Nothing like that.Fascism today is stylish. It wears a plain white/black T-shirt and smiles at you through a mobile app. We are entering the age of networked fascism.No nations.No borders.Just companies, cryptocurrencies,…
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Teresa Pepe: From Prison to the World: A Comparative Reading of Naji’s Hirz Mikamkim (Rotten Evidence, 2020) and Abd el-Fattah’s You Have Not Yet Been Defeated (2021)
Abstract This article analyses Ahmed Naji’s Hirz Mikamkim (Rotten Evidence) and Alaa Abd el-Fattah’s You Have Not Yet Been Defeated through the lens of ‘prison literature’, that is “literary works produced in, about, or through the experience of political detention” (Taleghani 13). Comparing them to previous forms of prison literature from Egypt, it shows…