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Palestinian government bans, burns books
3.6.07
from today's New York Times:
Hamas Removes Folk Tales From School Libraries
Many Palestinians have reacted with anger and concern after the Hamas-supervised Education Ministry removed from school libraries an anthology of Palestinian folk tales, reportedly because of mild sexual innuendo, The Associated Press reported.
The ban fed fears that Hamas would use last year’s election victory to impose its hard-line interpretation of Islam on Palestinian territories.
Hanan Ashrawi, an independent lawmaker and former cabinet minister, called the ministry’s action “outrageous,” adding, “If this is what is to come, it is extremely alarming.”
Zakariya Mohammed, a West Bank novelist, urged intellectuals to act, saying, “If we don’t stand up to the Islamists now, they won’t stop confiscating books, songs and folklore.”
The book in question, “Speak, Bird, Speak Again,” is a 400-page anthology of tales narrated by Palestinian women. First published in English in 1989 by the University of California, Berkeley, it was assembled by Sharif Kanaana, a novelist and anthropology professor, and Ibrahim Muhawi, a teacher of Arabic literature and the theory of translation. Mr. Kanaana said yesterday that he believed that “The Little Bird,” a story in a chapter titled “Sexual Awakening and Courtship,” was among the reasons for the ban because it mentions genitals.
A senior ministry official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to discuss the matter with reporters, said 1,500 copies of the book had been removed from school libraries and destroyed.
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