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Last June, a journalist phoned Ibrahim Nasrallah and asked him how it felt to face a host of charges concerning national security. It was the Jordanian-Palestinian writer’s first warning that he was facing prosecution.
“I was completely shocked,” he says. “I did not know how to respond. All I could think of at that moment was that I needed to finish the book I was working on before things got worse. But I was unable to continue writing. I was confused and angry and also afraid.”
The charges related to his fourth collection of poetry, Nu’man Yastariddu Lawnahu (Anemone Regains Its Colour). These highly figurative poems, first published in 1984, were suddenly banned, while the poet himself faced charges of insulting the state, inciting dissension and reporting inaccurate information to future generations.
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January 30th, 2007 at 7:00 am
“… insulting the state, inciting dissension and reporting inaccurate information to future generations…”
I swoon before my hero. I wonder who the Canadain equivilent of this is,
oh right they locked David Suzuki in the trunk of a car and made some
18th century economic Bushlicker PM.
January 30th, 2007 at 7:09 am
I wish all the nasty bosses were hanging from trees
by the entrails of all the corrupt judges to
swing in the breeze. My oh my, give me that please.
That and the CBC turned into cheese
because their reporters haven’t the guts to sneeze.
January 30th, 2007 at 8:10 am
Seek help.
January 30th, 2007 at 10:45 am
we all need help if we’re to accept reality as normal. the brave among us refuse.
January 30th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
Censorship in the Muslim world? I’m shocked, just shocked, I tell you.
Ibrahim Nasrallah is lucky that he hasn’t been stabbed or shot to death.
January 31st, 2007 at 7:02 am
Mr. Fish, your inability to carry on an argument no matter how loose or structured with or without wit; your inability to sally forth with the slings and arrows that might be familiar to a fifteen year old writer or the wisdom of a sixty year old writer
but rather resting on some snipers nest in a tree goes a long way to
contextualizing your statements on this board.