#censorship
From constitution to law: The legalities of making art in Egypt
Four case studies reveal how cultural producers get penalized or censored
Lara El Gibaly
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#literature
All That Rubbish: Ezzedine Choukri Fishere’s second brutal revolution novel is a triumph
Exit Door conveyed an optimistic view of the future, but All That Rubbish is much more sober
Sherif Abdel Samad
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#Naguib Mahfouz
Naguib Mahfouz, the man we all wronged
The state just announced its secret view of "Egypt's fourth pyramid."
Mohamed Rabie
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#freedom of expression
Members of Parliament go against Constitution to preserve ‘public decency’
On Monday Parliament voted against amending the Penal Code's provisions regarding indecency, retaining imprisonment as a penalty in publishing cases.
Beesan Kassab
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Writer Ahmed Naji prevented from leaving Egypt
Writer Ahmed Naji was prevented from leaving Egypt early on Thursday morning. On attempting to fly out of Cairo International Airport, he…
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#freedom of expression
Ahmed Naji’s lawyers await details of his acquittal and retrial date
"We can only wait to see who the assigned judge will be.”
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#Ahmed Naji
Court suspends sentence against writer Ahmed Naji, release imminent: Lawyer
Ahmed Naji is expected to be released Sunday, after Tora Prison authorities receive court papers.
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#Ahmed Naji
Court rejects novelist Ahmed Naji’s appeal to suspend 2-year sentence
At the court session, Ahmed Naji was surrounded by friends and acquaintances who saw him for the first time since he was…
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#2014 Constitution
Lawyers appeal detained novelist Ahmed Naji’s prison sentence
Defense lawyers representing detained novelist Ahmed Naji appealed his two-year prison sentence in court on Wednesday, requesting that the appeal be looked…
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#Ahmed Naji
Jailed novelist Ahmed Naji to receive PEN award
The imprisoned novelist and journalist Ahmed Naji will receive the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award in May, the PEN American Center announced…
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Iman Mersal
The police and citizens’ hair
«There is no problem in a policeman, as a citizen, having an opinion about the appropriate length of a man’s hair. But it becomes catastrophic when…»
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Richard Jacquemond
Ahmed Naji, the Use of Life and the zombies
«How do you feel when you learn that the author of the novel you’ve been reading and enjoying for the past few days has just been…»
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Ahmed Naji
Farewell to the youth
«Editor’s note: The author of this piece was sentenced to two years in prison on February 20, 2016, on charges of public indecency in relation to the publishing…»
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رسم: Andeel
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