![]() July, 2006: Lebanon had been invaded again by the Israeli army after clashes with militants from Hizballah. I recall Bisu saying something to this effect some ten years ago. Resistance is not just bearing arms it is also the ability to adhere to the virtue of play, and to pursue–promiscuously, and with an eye to passion and pleasure–methods for using life… Building a small house: this is resistance. …The mother that reads a story to her child: this is resistance. Here, Ben Koerber reflects on the play in using life. The criminal excerpt can be read online in English translation by Ben Koerber. Three years for a cartoon portraying the president in Mickey Mouse ears, the Fan al-Midan (Art is a Public Square) festival has been effectively shut down, the cartoonist Islam Gawish was jailed in February, and just last week, prosecutors extended the detention of the “Street Children” comedy troupe. When Naji was charged with “violating public morals” for an excerpt of his novel published in a journal, he initially won his case, but lost an appeal and has been in jail since February 20.Įgyptian president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi seems to see playfulness as a growing challenge. ![]() Egyptian novelist Ahmed Naji is serving two years in prison: guilty of having written the playful, language-rich, genre-crossing novel Using Life, he will be given the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award, today, in absentia, in New York City. ![]()
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