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Bedouins as the Lumpen
An analysis of Abdelrahman Munif's "Cities of Salt" in relation to Frantz Fanon's "The Wretched of the Earth".
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The paper discusses how Abdelrahman Munif's "Cities of Salt" draws several parallels of class struggle to Frantz Fanon's "The Wretched of the Earth" and among them is the role of the disenfranchised population, the Bedouins, in "Cities of Salt". The paper asserts that the nomadic herdsman are striking examples of the lumpenproletariat described by Fanon in "The Wretched of the Earth" as the only ones who can successfully rebel against colonialism.
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"Abdelrahman Munif's "Cities of Salt" draws several parallels of class struggle to Frantz Fanon's "The Wretched of the Earth". Among them is the role of the disenfranchised population, the Bedouins, in "Cities of Salt". These nomadic herdsman are striking examples of the lumpenproletariat described by Fanon in "The Wretched of the Earth" as the only ones who can successfully rebel against colonialism. In "Cities of Salt", we are introduced to the desert oasis of Wadi al-Uyoun."Cite this Analytical Essay:
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