They are, however, very bored and, consequently, created a rite of passage known as “hunting”. None of them is given Arabic names, thus setting them apart from their history––they wonder why Israel should once be considered as an enemy. The land is populated by the youth of the idle rich, who are utterly pampered and have no respect for religion and traditions. Utopia is a US Marine-protected colony created by the rich on the North Coast in the first decade of the 21 st century to protect themselves from the waves of anger and poverty outside. Tawfik suggests that the rich will do whatever at their disposal to secure as much of the world’s wealth for themselves, while the poor could only take to the streets and fight the thugs protecting the rich. Ahmed Tawfik’s 2008 Utopia explores the grim and dark side of the Egyptian society, where the middle class collapsed as did the apparatus of the state, leaving only the extremely poor and the extremely rich.
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