{"id":1520,"date":"2014-03-16T19:51:41","date_gmt":"2014-03-16T19:51:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freedimensional.org\/?p=1520"},"modified":"2014-03-16T19:51:41","modified_gmt":"2014-03-16T19:51:41","slug":"palestinian-poet-mahmoud-darwishs-books-removed-from-riyadh-international-book-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fd.artistsafety.net\/2014\/03\/palestinian-poet-mahmoud-darwishs-books-removed-from-riyadh-international-book-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish\u2019s books removed from Riyadh International Book Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1521\" alt=\"Darwish\" src=\"http:\/\/freedimensional.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Darwish-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/fd.artistsafety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Darwish-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/fd.artistsafety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Darwish-584x436.jpg 584w, https:\/\/fd.artistsafety.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/Darwish.jpg 599w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Just a few days after all the works by Saudi publisher\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/arablit.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/12\/saudi-publisher-booted-from-riyadh-international-book-fair\/\">Arab Network for Research and Publishing were removed from the Riyadh International Book Fair<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">\u00a0for violating the Kingdom\u2019s laws, the works of globally celebrated Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish caused protests and\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\" href=\"http:\/\/arabic.cnn.com\/entertainment\/2014\/03\/13\/ksa-darwich-fair?hpt=continous\">have reportedly been withdrawn from the fair and are not to be sold<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Numerous news sources\u00a0were reporting the removal of the books, while images and videos circulating on Twitter purported to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ahmed\/status\/444083550024126464\">show the protests against Darwish\u2019s ouevre<\/a>\u00a0as well as the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/saudi_anbae\/status\/443862597347983360\">packing-up of Darwish\u2019s books<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The order was reportedly given Wednesday to remove Darwish\u2019s books from the fair after protestors objected to alleged blasphemy found in his works. A large crowd gathered, and security reportedly had to be called in. After that, the PVPV ordered the books removed.<\/p>\n<p>This came not long after the\u00a0Arab Network for Research and Publishing<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u00a0<\/span>(ANRP) stall was removed from the fair and all the house\u2019s books confiscated. In response to the ANRP seizure, Saudi\u00a0Minister of Culture and Information Dr. Abdulaziz Khoja released a statement that said, in part, \u201cthe Kingdom\u2019s security is more important than anything, and trying to destabilize our unity can not be tolerated.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">BY\u00a0<a title=\"View all posts by mlynxqualey\" href=\"http:\/\/arablit.wordpress.com\/author\/mlynxqualey\/\" rel=\"author\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">MLYNXQUALEY<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<em>on<\/em>\u00a0<a title=\"3:03 pm\" href=\"http:\/\/arablit.wordpress.com\/2014\/03\/13\/reports-all-of-mahmoud-darwishs-books-removed-from-riyadh-book-fair\/\" rel=\"bookmark\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><time datetime=\"2014-03-13T15:03:13+00:00\">MARCH 13, 2014<\/time><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Text and image reposted from arablit.wordpress.com<\/em><\/p>\n<iframe id=\"basic_facebook_social_plugins_likebutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Ffd.artistsafety.net%2F2014%2F03%2Fpalestinian-poet-mahmoud-darwishs-books-removed-from-riyadh-international-book-fair%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=&amp;action=recommend&amp;font=arial&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:px; height:25px\"><\/iframe><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just a few days after all the works by Saudi publisher\u00a0Arab Network for Research and Publishing were removed from the Riyadh International Book Fair\u00a0for violating the Kingdom\u2019s laws, the works of globally celebrated Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish caused protests and\u00a0have reportedly been withdrawn from the fair and are not to be sold: Numerous news sources\u00a0were [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,196],"tags":[315,129,316,313,166,314],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fd.artistsafety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fd.artistsafety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fd.artistsafety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fd.artistsafety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fd.artistsafety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fd.artistsafety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fd.artistsafety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fd.artistsafety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fd.artistsafety.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}