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RT @giannetti: 1ª graphic novel do Egito, "Metro", é banida - http://bit.ly/6r3yjc (via @m_cello). 11/26/2009 |
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RT @PaulMathers: RT @thebookslut "Egypt's first graphic novel" has been banned, the publisher fined. http://is.gd/52xop 11/24/2009 |
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RT: @StanCarey: Waiting for the world to grow up. RT @thebookslut: "Egypt's first graphic novel" has been banned http://is.gd/52xop 11/24/2009 |
Nov. 23, 2009: Slippery justifications and excuses
Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal —
... The book touted as “Egypt’s first graphic novel,” Magdy L Shafee’s Metro, was officially banned by the Egyptian government last Saturday. ...
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Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources - Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment —
... up to two years in prison. Shafee has vowed to fight the ruling.
Shafee and Sharqawi were arrested in April 2008 after police raided the publisher's offices and confiscated all copies of Metro, which centers on a young software designer in a modern and corrupt Cairo who turns to bank robbery to repay underworld loan sharks. Retailers were immediately ordered to remove the book from their shelves. You can read a translated excerpt of Metro here. [Zawya]
Legal | President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the ...
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CBR News —
... . [ Zawya ] Legal | President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Philippines last week signed into law the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009, which bans real and "virtual" child pornography, including comic-book depictions. [ ...
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... at the Ziegfield in Manhattan and at the Walt Disney Studios in Burbank. Here’s a piece about the advance ticket campaign, an interview with Anika Noni Rose at Oprah.com, and an interview with directors Ron Clements and John Musker.
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Metro, the first Egyptian graphic novel, gets banned in Egypt. ...
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