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Egypt: Censor The Yacoubian Building?

Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Middle East & North Africa, Tunisia, Arts & Culture, Film, Freedom of Speech

The Yacoubian Building, a movie based on Alaa Al-Aswani's bestselling novel, is to be reviewed by the Egyptian parliament after 112 MPs demanded censorship of the homosexual scenes in the movie. They have criticised the movie saying it defames Egypt by portraying homosexuality, terrorism and corruption [1], MMM said.