Authors

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). 

ARTICLES BY Sherif Thabet

  • Two from the Counter-Revolution

    Two from the Counter-Revolution

    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..