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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
4/10/2012 7:41:00 PM
Renowned artist Mohamed Abla exhibits a decade-worth of previously censored controversial, socio-political artworks at the Al-Bab Gallery in the Museum of Egyptian Modern Art
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
4/8/2012 10:15:30 AM
The last thing Filipino performer Celdran expected at the largest art fair in the Middle East was to be picked up by security officials, questioned, and ordered to remove political and religious references from his show
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Arts & Culture
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Film
4/5/2012 12:38:26 PM
Young Saudis use the internet to break taboos, open debate and encourage debate in the ultra-conservative kingdom
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
4/5/2012 11:06:26 AM
Censors in Thailand have banned a film based on Shakespeare's 'Macbeth', saying it could cause divisions in the country where an uneasy truce persists after years of sometimes bloody upheaval and political polarization
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Arts & Culture
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Visual Art
4/4/2012 1:01:24 PM
A Kuwaiti artist whose pictures of men were deemed "obscene" by authorities said she would keep on producing art that challenged perceptions of society in the Gulf Arab state after her exhibition was shut down
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Books
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3/17/2012 4:27:51 PM
Egypt's writers' union head, Mohamed Salmawy, sounds alarm after frequent reports indicate censorship of artistic works
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Egypt
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Politics
3/15/2012 12:03:04 PM
Censorship in the movie industry worries writers, recalling the repression of the Mubarak years
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Arts & Culture
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Film
3/8/2012 6:45:38 PM
Ahmed Abdallah prevented from filming in Sayeda Nafisa mosque despite having official permission, Egyptian Creativity Front condemns decision
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World
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Region
3/8/2012 5:50:10 PM
Editor of Ettounsia newspaper fined for publishing photo of footballer Sami Khedira with his nude girlfriend, decision sparks censorship row
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
2/25/2012 3:58:00 PM
In a stroke of irony, Egyptian play, On the Importance of Being an Arab – previously performed in Egypt – is banned by Lebanon's National Security for criticising ousted Mubarak
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Arts & Culture
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Film
2/24/2012 6:21:00 PM
Director Khaled Youssef talks to Ahram Online while at the Luxor African Film Festival, where he gears himself up for debates over censorship; says no power on earth can stop me from making films
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World
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Region
2/23/2012 4:13:07 PM
Publisher who ran photo of footballer's naked girlfriend has been released pending verdict by Tunisian court
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World
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Region
2/22/2012 5:10:49 PM
Court of cassation in Tunisia overturns ruling to censor pornographic websites; Freedoms advocates hail move as victory against censorship
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Books
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2/12/2012 3:55:59 PM
State-owned National Centre for Translation censors book criticising religion; critics fear growing attacks on freedom of expression
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World
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Region
2/11/2012 3:50:04 PM
Thousands of protesters take to the street across EU against an international copyright treaty that they fear will lead to censorship on the Internet
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Arts & Culture
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Film
2/1/2012 7:26:00 PM
Asghar Farhadi's Golden Globe win has put Iranian cinema in the limelight. Ahram Online explores the themes of his remarkable films
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Egypt
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Politics
2/1/2012 2:23:15 PM
Censorship of Mubarak trial ratcheted up, as authorities impose ban on media coverage of Mubarak on his stretcher
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
2/1/2012 1:48:34 PM
Uprising against Assad regime releases decades of pent-up creative energy and satirical humour
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World
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International
1/28/2012 5:56:25 PM
Twitter's credibility seems to be jeopardized after proclaiming its plans to allow country-specific censorship of tweets that breaks local laws, as the youthful company had long prided itself in promoting unfettered expression
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World
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International
1/27/2012 11:32:14 AM
Twitter announces it has refined its technology so it can censor messages on a country-by-country basis due to different levels of freedom of expression around the world
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