-
Banned Books Smuggled in Tunnels from Egypt to Gaza
Children’s books are the latest goods to be smuggled into Gaza along the Gaza-Egypt border. Thousands of underground tunnels linking the Egyptian border town of Rafah with the Palestinian city of the same name smuggle weapons, drugs, cars and now, books.Xinhua Newspaper interviewed Ahmed B., one of the six importers of books in Gaza City. His family bookshop was opened 25 years ago. He claims that smuggling is expensive and dangerous but necessary: when Egyptian authorities found a shipment of books, they never released it. Since then, books have been hidden or smuggled.
The Al-Qattan Cultural Center for Children used to bring books from the international exhibition, but since 2007, the centre became short of books and the publications now are smuggled through the tunnels, said Arif al-Hout, the manager of the center’s technical service unit.
Although the shelves of the vast and attractive library for children under 15 seem well furnished, al-Hout said the center can no longer get weekly periodicals and specialized magazines.
- Events Calendar
August 2011 M T W T F S S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 
JulSep 
- PUKU Chat Latest
March 23, 2011, 10:28 am
Nonikiwe - Editor is reading Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother by Amy Chua
March 12, 2011, 10:28 pm
lamoesther on Nigerians Shocked at NECO Examination's 2% Pass RateI will rather look at the bigger picture of the [...]
March 3, 2011, 1:19 pm
Chelsea is reading Amsterdam by Ian McEwan
February 8, 2011, 8:00 am
Chelsea is reading An Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
December 29, 2010, 2:30 pm
paulineblah on Bontle is reading Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman CapoteHii ( paulineblah@yahoo.in ) I saw your profile today and became [...]
December 29, 2010, 2:29 pm
paulineblah on Nonikiwe - Editor is reading The Seed Children by Bontekanye BotumileHii ( paulineblah@yahoo.in ) I saw your profile today and became [...]
October 27, 2010, 11:46 am
Nonikiwe - Editor is reading The Seed Children by Bontekanye Botumile
September 8, 2010, 11:29 am
Bontle is reading Breakfast at Tiffany's by Truman Capote
August 27, 2010, 3:31 pm
Coin is reading 1984 by George Orwell
August 27, 2010, 3:21 pm
Coin on Bontle is reading A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsHow did you find it?
