Using Life (novel)

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Artist: Ahmed Naji

Year: 2014

Date of Action: 2014-

Region: Middle East

Location: Cairo, Egypt

Subject: Explicit Sexuality

Medium: Literature

Confronting Bodies: Egyptian censorship board

Description of Artwork: Ahmed Naji's novel, Using Life, anticipates a dystopian end for Cairo at the hands of a secretive group of architects. Naji wrote the experimental novel in collaboration with illustrator Ayman al-Zorqani. The novel is an experiment on the themes of sex and drugs in a context of censorship and persecution. Naji is recognized for his writings on contemporary art and indie music. Using Life is. Naji’s second novel; it has been curated into exhibitions, an animated film, and a multimedia performance.

The Incident: Chapter 6 allegedly made a reader feel things that made him uncomfortable.

Results of Incident: The novelist and journalist Ahmed Naji — along with his editor, Tarek al-Taher — was tried, and upon appeal, re-tried for the publication of an excerpt of his novel Using Life in Akhbar al-Adab, As of December 4, 2016, Naji remains in jail but is on the 2nd presidential pardon list.

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Three New Short-short Stories by Imprisoned Writer Ahmed Naji BY MLYNXQUALEY on DECEMBER 3, 2016