![]() ![]() Today’s classics were banned in their time, from To Kill A Mockingbird and The Scarlet Letter to Fahrenheit 4. ![]() The French animated film is based on her autobiographical graphic novel of the same name.īanning has been going on for hundreds of years. This quote is by Marjane Satrapi, who wrote the award winning and banned Persepolis in 2007. It’s also what transforms us into cowards”. “It’s fear that makes us lose our conscience. The reasons given range from blasphemous, ungodly, encouraging sexual promiscuity, profanity, satanism, undermining religious ideals, psychologically damaging to a whole variety of inappropriateness. For example, the graphic novel Metro by Magdy ElShafee was banned for offending public morals.Ĭountries, governments and institutions that ban books should realize that their banning only leads to increasing their popularity. Unfortunately and unsurprisingly, Egypt is on this list. ![]() Amnesty International turned it into a global movement, highlighting countries where authors were persecuted or jailed for their books. Today is the last day of Banned Books Week, a celebration of outlawed reads that started in 1982 to counter the practice of schools, libraries and universities banning books across the USA. ![]()
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