{"id":47,"date":"2026-03-31T20:29:58","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T20:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hichemkaroui.com\/en\/?p=47"},"modified":"2026-04-06T23:51:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T21:51:30","slug":"the-ministry-of-utopias","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hichemkaroui.com\/page\/the-ministry-of-utopias\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ministry of Utopias"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>A Novel by Hichem Karoui<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li>Publisher : Global East-West (GEW) London.<\/li>\n<li>Publication date : February 23, 2026<\/li>\n<li>Language : English<\/li>\n<li>Print length : 211 pages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"ember2029\" class=\"ember-view reader-text-block__paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">What happens when a &#8220;Utopia&#8221; becomes a meme? Explore the hilarious and harrowing world of <em>The Ministry of Utopias<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ember2030\" class=\"ember-view reader-text-block__paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Description:<\/strong> In a city of holographic rainbows and cloud-seeded glitter, Tariq Al-Asmar is a relic: a man who still believes that two plus two equals four. As Deputy Director of Reality Audits, he is tasked with maintaining the facade of a perfect society. But the facade is peeling\u2014literally.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ember2031\" class=\"ember-view reader-text-block__paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">From the &#8220;Smile Building&#8221; to the sinking &#8220;Empathy Island,&#8221; author Buraq takes readers on a journey through a bureaucracy held together by illicit tea and weaponized spreadsheets. As the Ministry attempts to launch an AI-driven &#8220;Dome of Euphoria,&#8221; Tariq must navigate a landscape of &#8220;synergy dividends&#8221; and &#8220;kinetic joy-vectors&#8221; to save his own sanity.<\/p>\n<p id=\"ember2032\" class=\"ember-view reader-text-block__paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>The Ministry of Utopias<\/em> is a global satire that speaks to anyone who has ever felt lost in a sea of corporate buzzwords. It is a story about the resilience of the human spirit in the face of mandated happiness and the &#8220;spin of the century.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"ember2033\" class=\"ember-view reader-text-block__paragraph\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hichem Karoui brings a unique, cross-cultural perspective to this tale of modern ambition gone wrong. 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