Status: Emo: An Egyptian Novel

by Eslam Mosbah, Raphael Cohen (Translation)

You are bored, bored, bored, stuck in a half-job, berated by your parents and unsure whether you should marry your cousin. You want to change. A chance encounter on Facebook leads you to Emmie and her underground world of strange fashion, drinking, dancing, sex, and drugs. You become an Emo and discover philosophical atheism and practical Satanism. Although Emmie’s rules include no sex and no love, you become addicted to her and the belief that she will be the one to change you. You fall in love. Your inability to disobey her leads you to embrace her creed. The efforts of your family to restore you to the fold fail, and your heroism leads her to succumb to you. One final act of ‘degeneracy’ too far leads you into the arms of the state’s torturers and to reaffirm society’s values, if with a greater sense of freedom and adventure. Emo is a romp through the mind of the young Egypt. Written in 2010, it predicts revolt and hints at culture wars to come.

Genres: Literature, Fiction, Egypt

144 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Kim Heimbuch]

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[Kim Heimbuch · Rating 3 out of 5]

You just want to find change. Something different in a mundane place where time just floats on and people follow through with their actions like robots. Then comes Emmie. Who is Emmie? A strange girl, with her own unique sense of living, who is unafraid to be herself. She truly defines everything you wish you were. Upon meeting her, you realize she is brusque and to the point. Can this girl change you? Can she give you everything you have longingly been searching for? Once you find it, will it make you happy? Is Emmie really what you have been searching for all along?

“So what you’re saying , as I understand it, is that I should change the way I am and become less animal?”

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