چکیده (انگلیسی):

Forbes Magazine, in its recent annual report of therichest people in the world for 2014, listed the top eight
richest Arabs from Egypt.
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This very much contradicts the current critical socio-economic situation in Egypt
where the majority of population is below poverty line. This paper draws on Marx perspectives to analyze
Sonallah Ibrahim and Martin Amis’ satiric attitude of such contradictions, in their respected societies. Its
primary concern is how Ibrahim and Amis make use of certain rhetorical devices to mock the ‘increasing
consciousness that social position is made rather than merely inherited’, in late capitalist society, characterized
by inequality, oppression and corruption. I would argue that the market system that prevailed in Egyptduring
this period of Arab history played a central role in widening the gap between the rich and the poor people of
Egypt. The study concludes that Ibrahim and Amis, whose satirical perceptions have their roots in a Marxist
critique of capitalism, have provided a dissident voice for the cultural dominance of the open market
economy and its ramifications, and have critically utilized certain critical means to show how market system
has redefined divisions and social identities.