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A generation of novelists benefited from the new political climate in the post-Nasser era, especially after the state ideology, which had been oriented toward socialism and Arab nationalism, was transformed by Anwar Sadat (1970-1981) and Hosni Mubarak (1981-2011).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The political and social transformations witnessed by Cairo society, as well as the transformations in the urban landscape, were the subject of several novels published after the Nasser era, such as \u201cDoha Said\u201d (1985) and \u201cA Piece of Europe\u201d (2005). 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