Each of the stories in Sherif Thabet’s 2011 collection, The Couch Party (Hizb al-Kanaba), explores the everyday violence, hypocrisy and despair of Egypt’s demobilized majority. The Couch Party is, of course, the revolutionary term for those who did not participate in the 25 Jan..
Sherif Thabet
Sherif Thabet is an Egyptian author of novels, including Anin (Cairo: Dar Merit, 2010), Taht al-Ard (Cairo: Dar Dawwin li-l-Nashr wa-l-Tawzi`, 2010), al-Tayyar (Cairo: Dar Layla) and Nur al-‘Abbasi (Cairo: Dar Oktob, 2013). He is also author of two collections of short stories, including Mizaj Sabahi (Cairo: Book House, 2010), and Hizb al-Kanaba (Cairo: Dar Kayyan, 2011).