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Otared
عطارد · 'Utarid
Mohammad Rabie · 37 when first published
Novel · 352 pages · Speculative, Politics
AI-generated summary:More than a decade after the police were routed on 28 January 2011, Egypt is under a mysterious occupation, and Otared, a police officer, joins what is left of the old force leading a resistance in the ruins of Cairo.