Narrative satire is one of the artistic devices through which the novelistic discourse exposes its internal contradictions and semantic transformations. Similarly, the problem of identity is one of the central concerns of modern narrative due to its association with the fragmentation of the self, the instability of belonging, and the tension in the relationship with the Other. This study seeks to examine how Ghazi Al-Qusaibi’s novel Abu Shilakh al-Barmā’ī employs its narrative elements, particularly plot, narrator, and focalization, to represent the crisis of Arab identity and to unveil the intellectual and social structures that produce it. The significance of this research lies in its move beyond a general description of satire toward an analysis of its critical function in meaning-making, thereby linking narrative form with intellectual significance. The study adopts a descriptive-analytical approach to reading the text and analyzing its narrative and semantic structures in order to clarify the interplay between the novelistic technique and its cultural content. The study concludes that satire in the novel does not serve merely an aesthetic function; rather, it becomes a critical tool that reveals the fragility of the self’s imagined image and highlights the discrepancy between claim and reality. Moreover, the narrator does not merely recount events but contributes to directing interpretation, while the multiplicity of focalization helps reveal the fragmentation of consciousness and the plurality of identity representations within the text.