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Signs of a new crisis have jumped to the front of the cultural arena in Egypt and have revived the scenario of confrontation between the Azhar institutions and liberal intellectuals. The most bizarre incident is the banning of Nawal Al-Sa'adawi's "Soqout Al-Imam" [The Fall of the Imam] that was...
Date of source: الخميس, كانون الثاني (يناير) 26, 2006
Khālid Bura‘ī presents a list of banned books in Egypt.
Date of source: الأربعاء, تموز (يوليو) 28, 2004
Dr. Nawal Al-Sa’adawi’s novel “Soqout Al-Imam” [The Fall of the Imam] has been banned. Many
intellectuals have launched a campaign against banning whether by religious or political
authorities. But some intellectuals refused to support Al-Sa’adawi’s novel because they claimed
that has little...
Date of source: الأحد, آب (اغسطس) 22, 2004
A book
written by Gamal Al-Banna, the brother of Hassan Al-Banna, founder of the Muslim Brotherhood, was
banned. The book is titled Mas’ouleyit fashal al-dawla al-Islamiya fil asr Al-hadith [The
responsibility for the failure of the Islamic State in the modern era]. The book discusses the
issue...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, تموز (يوليو) 6, 2004
Some trends have intentionally sought to stoke the fire by depicting the Azhar as an
institution that aims to impede creativity and stifle freedom and artists. Real artists and
intellectuals are not those who are after fame, power and money to the detriment of principles
and values. There are...
Date of source: الجمعة, تموز (يوليو) 2, 2004
Investigations are underway by the censorship authorities
concerning the copies of Dr. Nawal Al-Sa’adawi’s “Fall of the Imam” that were leaked to the
Egyptian market, although the authorities had confiscated copies of the novel on December 13,
2000. The confiscation of the novel has caused...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, حزيران (يونيو) 29, 2004
Many literal works that were recommended to be
banned by the Islamic Research Institute, like “Waleemat A’shab Al-Bahr” [Banquet of seaweeds] by
Haidar Haidar, and most recently Nawal Al-Sa’adawi’s “Soqout Al-Imam [the Fall of the Imam], are
humble and modest texts from a literary point-of-view...
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The Council of Scientific Research at the Azhar University recommended a few
days ago that Nawal Al-Sa’adawi’s novel “Soqout Al-Imam” [The Fall of the Imam] be banned after
being released in Cairo seventeen years ago. The imam [in the novel] served as the central
symbol representing patriarchal...
Date of source: الخميس, آيار (مايو) 27, 2004
Dr. Nawal Al-Sa’adawi expressed her anger over the decision of the Islamic Research Institution to confiscate her famous novel “Soqout Al-Imam” [the fall of the Imam] which was printed for the first time 20 years ago. The novel was translated into 14 languages. The new battle between the Azhar and...
Date of source: الخميس, حزيران (يونيو) 3, 2004
The Grand Imam attempted to calm the worries [of the public] concerning the decision to give jurisdiction of judicial confiscation to Al-Azhar’s inspectors.. He explained that the publications that are outlined in this decision do not fall under the category of creativity, but rather conflict with...
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