The Yathrib Society

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Date: 1995 - 2005 [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]

Region: 1951 - 1975 [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|{location3}]]

Subject: Political/Economic/Social Opinion [[:Category:|]] [[:Category:|]]

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


Artist: Khalil Abdel Karim


Confronting Bodies: Egypt's artistic production police


Dates of Action: January 14, 1998


Location: Egypt


Description of Artwork: Abdel Karim's books, "The Yathrib Society" and "The Raaba Songs on the Companions of Prophet Mohammed."

The Incident: Fifteen copies of these books were taken by police from the Sina Publishing House. No court order was produced, however, the books were accused of violating an eight-month-old law that bans "blasphemous" material.

Results of Incident: The books were taken.

Source: Index on Censorship, 2/98 [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]] [[Category:]]