Index on Censorship » A Separation http://www.indexoncensorship.org for free expression Fri, 17 May 2013 16:22:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 for free expression Index on Censorship no for free expression Index on Censorship » A Separation http://www.indexoncensorship.org/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/Free_Speech_Bites_Logo.jpg http://www.indexoncensorship.org Egypt: Oscar-winning Iranian film banned from screening at Cairo University http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/03/egypt-oscar-winning-iranian-film-banned-from-screening-at-cairo-university/ http://www.indexoncensorship.org/2012/03/egypt-oscar-winning-iranian-film-banned-from-screening-at-cairo-university/#comments Thu, 15 Mar 2012 15:41:01 +0000 Alice Purkiss http://www.indexoncensorship.org/?p=33963 An Egyptian university banned the screening of an award winning Iranian film last week. The film A Separation”was due to be screened at Cairo University on 8 March, but objections from fundamentalist university groups led to the screening permit to be revoked. The film, which has won several international awards, tackles issues relating to immigration. The fundamentalist groups [...]

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]]> Egyptian university banned the screening of an award winning Iranian film last week. The film A Separation”was due to be screened at Cairo University on 8 March, but objections from fundamentalist university groups led to the screening permit to be revoked. The film, which has won several international awards, tackles issues relating to immigration. The fundamentalist groups who objected to the screening of the film claimed it promoted Shiasm, secularism, and al-Assad’s regime at the expense of Syria, though these are not said to be themes of the film.

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