{"id":1856,"date":"2011-03-01T13:59:36","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T18:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/?p=1856"},"modified":"2021-11-27T22:11:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-28T03:11:35","slug":"banned-books-unbanned-in-tunisia-and-egypt-mobylives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.waubonsee.edu\/wordpress\/2011\/03\/01\/banned-books-unbanned-in-tunisia-and-egypt-mobylives\/","title":{"rendered":"Banned books unbanned in Tunisia and Egypt (MOBYLIVES)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Books once considered too dangerous, scandalous, or offensive are now beginning to see the light of day according to this report <\/a>in the Guardian <\/em>by Benedict Page<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Living up to the ideals of the popular democratic revolutions that sparked region-wide protests and demands for greater political freedom, the people of Tunisia and Egypt are exercising and enjoying their right to a free press. In his report, Page outlines several titles making their way back into circulation that were\u00c2\u00a0censored by the exiled former president of Tunisia, Zine al-Abidine Ben Al<\/strong>i:<\/p>\n

La Regente de Carthage by Nicolas Beau and Catherine Graciet<\/em><\/a>, a critical book about the former president\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s family, focusing in particular on the role of his wife, Leila, is among those now openly on sale in the country, according to the\u00c2\u00a0International Publishers Association<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Alongside it is a previously banned study of the long-serving Tunisian president from whom Ben Ali took over following a 1987 coup: Habib Bourguiba: La Trace et l\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Heritage<\/em> by Michel Camau <\/strong>and Vincent Geisser<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Also now appearing in the country\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bookshops are The Assassination of Salah Ben Youssef<\/em> by Omar Khlifi<\/strong>, a book about the shooting of a former Tunisian minister of justice in Frankfurt in 1961, and works by journalist\u00c2\u00a0Toaufik Ben Brik<\/strong><\/a>, a prominent critic of Ben Ali\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s presidency.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Page also reports that long-banned books in Egypt are starting to be circulated at street sales and newspaper kiosks. As we mentioned last week<\/a>, the newly instituted Tahrir Square Book Fair<\/strong> is set to take place later this month. One imagine publishers will take full advantage and put out loads of books on their tables they would once have only brought out when asked discretely.<\/p>\n

Still, as Page alludes, there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s an open question as to whether this new-found desire to un-ban books will translate to a commitment against censorship when it comes to new works. One hopes that in the midst of the excitement generated by these new freedoms the folks doing the hard work in creating transitional governments and drafting new constitutions will make a firm commitment to the freedom of the press.<\/p>\n

If not, I suspect the people won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be timid about voicing their disapproval.<\/p>\n

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