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This essay aims to analyse various forms of literary censorship in present-day Egypt. Since the abolishment of institutional censorship of literature and the press in the 1970s, the main instruments of silencing speech that is perceived as offensive or dangerous have been the Egyptian Penal Code and blasphemy lawsuits, based on the Islamic principle calledḥisba. The paper explores the relationship...
The article discusses the restrictions of literary publishing in the Islamic Republic of Iran from 1979 onwards. It lists the regulations passed by the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution and administered by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance. Among the many different aspects of literary censorship, it focuses mainly on the inspection of values considered incompatible with Islamic norms,...
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