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====Date: [[:Category:1993|1993]]====



====Region: [[:Category:Middle East|The Middle East]]====



====Subject: [[:Category:Religion|Religion]], [[:Category:Political/Economic/Social Opinion|Political/Economic/Social Opinion]]====



====Medium: [[:Category:Literature|Literature]]====

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'''Artist:''' Alia Shuaib

'''Confronting Bodies:''' Kuwait Islamists

'''Dates of Action:''' 1993, 2000

'''Location:''' Kuwait

'''Description of Artwork:''' The text under question is a line of poetry from Alia Shuaib’s book, “Anakeb Tarthi Jerhan” (“Spiders Lament a Wound”) published in 1993.   <P>

'''The Incident:''' Shuaib, a teacher of philosophy at Kuwait University, maintains that the only part of her book “Spiders Lament a Wound” that mentions God is the phrase "God's secret map."  However, Kuwait Islamists objected to the text citing moral and religious offences.   <P>

'''Results of Incident:''' Shuaib was found guilty of "publishing opinions that ridicule religion" and blasphemy and was sentenced to one month in prison and several fines.  Yehya al-Rubaian, the book's publisher, was also given a suspended two-month sentence and was fined the equivalent of $328 for publishing the book without prior government approval. The writer and publisher have appealed the ruling. <P>

'''Source:''' Democracy Frontline at: http://democracyfrontline.org/blog/?p=1597 ; and, http://leb.net/~aljadid/culture/0529staff_01.html



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