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Baheb al-Sima triggered a debate on the Church’s role in supervising artistic material. While clergymen demanded that the Church be consulted on works relating to religion in any way, representatives of the Censorship Authorities rejected the role of religious institutions, whether they represent...
Date of source: الثلاثاء, نيسان (أبريل) 4, 2006
In an interview with al-Qāhira, scriptwriter Fāyiz Ghālī speaks out on his upcoming movie on the life of Jesus Christ.
Date of source: الأحد, آذار (مارس) 26, 2006
Ahmad Nāsir conducted an interview with Ahmad al-Tābi‘ī, the scriptwriter of the controversial series “Ahmad-Girgis” which tells the story of a Muslim child brought up by a Christian family.
Date of source: الخميس, آب (اغسطس) 5, 1999 to السبت, آب (اغسطس) 21, 1999
In response to a spate of articles in the British media alleging that censorship has banned more than 90 books in Egypt, Minister of Information Safwat El-Sherif has dismissed such reports as "sheer fabrication with no basis of truth." British media charged that this included the book " The Prophet...
Date of source: السبت, آذار (مارس) 27, 1999 to الجمعة, نيسان (أبريل) 2, 1999
Last week the Censorship Committee on material printed from outside Egypt banned the entry of the English version of the book "Al-Nabi" [The Prophet] written by Jibran Khalil Jibran. Authorities at the American University in Cairo told the French News Agency that it was the last in a series of 70...
Date of source: الخميس, أيلول (سبتمبر) 24, 1998
Authorities have banned the production of a film on the assassination of President Anwar El-Sadat by Islamist militants in 1981.