Six Banned Middle Eastern Books You Should Read. Since the dawn of the written word, governments and leaders across the world have worked both openly and subversively to keep the views and opinions of writers in check.
In the Middle East, an incredibly diverse region with a clamor of languages, dialects, and opinions, authors who clash with the prevailing rhetoric often have to work within narrow constraints in order to have their voices heard. Writing can be a dangerous, even lethal profession in the region. Examples abound: The blind Iraqi-Persian poet Bashar Ibn Bourd—famed for both his ugliness and his number of lovers—was beaten and thrown into the Tigris river for his licentious poetry in 784. British author Salman Rushdie’s bookThe Satanic Verses famously inspired Ayatollah Khomeini to issue a fatwa calling for his murder; the book’s Japanese translator was subsequently stabbed to death.
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Which books would you omit and which would you add to our list? Please let us know in the comments section below. 1. Brave New World By Aldous Huxley "Aldous Huxley is the greatest 20th century writer in English. " 2. By Fyodor Dostoevsky Crime and Punishment is one of the most important novels of the nineteenth century. 3. By George Orwell Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth, Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party. 4.
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This article enumerates some lists of "100 best" books for which there are fuller articles. Among them, Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels (Xanadu, 1985) and Modern Fantasy: The 100 Best Novels (Grafton, 1988) are collections of 100 short essays by a single author, David Pringle, with moderately long critical introductory chapters also by Pringle. For publisher Xanadu, Science Fiction was the first of four "100 Best" books published from 1985 to 1988. The sequels covered crime & mystery, horror, and fantasy. Lists[edit] See also[edit] References[edit]