The Faculty of Dar Al-Uloom at Cairo University is preparing to discuss a doctoral thesis submitted by the Egyptian researcher Ibrahim Atef Ibrahim Amin entitled “Social and Textual Dialectics in the Egyptian Dystopian Novel,” scheduled for Saturday, August 16, 2025, at 1 PM in the Zaki Yamani Hall at the faculty. The discussion committee consists of Professor Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed Balboula, Dean of Dar Al-Uloom Faculty – Cairo University (supervisor), Professor Dr. Abdulrahman Hassan Abdulrahman Al-Shanawi, Professor of Literary Studies Department (co-supervisor), Professor Dr. Abu Al-Yazid Ibrahim Al-Sharqawi, Head of Literary Studies Department (internal examiner and committee chair), and Professor Dr. Ahmed Bahy El-Din, Professor at the Faculty of Arts – Helwan University and Chairman of the General Authority for Books (external examiner).

The thesis addresses the specificity of dystopian literature in the Egyptian novel, highlighting its fundamental difference from its Western counterpart in terms of environment and spatial representations, and its role as a vital critical tool for re-reading contemporary Egyptian reality from a new perspective. The study points out the scarcity of specialized critical research in this field, emphasizing the importance of shedding light on the specificity of place in the Egyptian dystopian novel and employing the sociology of text to reveal the relationship between text and reality. The researcher concludes with recommendations to establish a comprehensive definition of “dystopia” in Arabic dictionaries, analyze the nature of language in this literary genre, enhance academic cooperation for translating and studying utopian and dystopian literature globally, and grant Arabic literature in this field greater academic attention.