Satire in Sonallah Ibrahim’s the committee: an allegory to
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Satire in Sonallah Ibrahim’s the committee: an allegory to ridicule capitalism

Despite the voluminous amount of research on the genre of satire, little is known about Arabic satirical texts. This paper explores the satirical devices employed in Sonallah Ibrahim’s novel, The Committee (2001). Through the means of satire, Ibrahim skilfully explores the devastating effects of...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Khaled A. Alkodimi, Noritah Omar
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit UKM 2010
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2336/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/2336/1/page1_21.pdf

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