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This study focuses on the Foucauldian concept of power and resistance; in order to assert the relationship between the so-called 'Arab Spring' as movements of resistance during the late 2010 and early 2011 and the power of tyrant authorities. The study exposes the circumstances and miseries of three Arab countries; Tunisia, Egypt and Libya under the rule of Ben Ali, Mubarak and Qaddafi through the analysis of three novels written by three Arab novelists. These novels are Hassouna Mosbahi's A Tunisian Tale (2008), Mohamed Salmawy's Butterfly Wings (2011) and Hisham Matar's In The Country of Men (2006). According to Foucault's theory, the repressive power of Arab rulers inspired these Arab writers to anticipate public resistance.
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