Charles Davis sent in This Story on the Biblioteca
Alexandrina.
It opens today after, two decades in the
making, today\’s opening to academics and journalists ahead of the formal ceremony in
October has been overshadowed by a row over censorship which is
threatening libraries and bookshops across the country.
See
unesco.org
for more info. as well.
\”Under mounting pressure from Islamists, President Mubarak has urged government officials to press ahead with a strict censorship regime against works deemed offensive to Islam. Bookshops, book fairs and public libraries are frequently raided by government censors.\”
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