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Rahimi wins Prix Goncourt
Afghan author Atiq Rahimi has won the the 2008 Prix Goncourt – the French equivalent of the Man Booker prize – with his first novel in French, 'a stark essay on the oppression of women in Afghanistan....
Book on Mohammed's wife dropped by Random US
Random House US has pulled The Jewel Of Medina, a novel about the Prophet Mohammed's child bride, fearing it could "incite acts of violence". Random House deputy publisher Thomas P...
'Jewel of Medina' is out in the US ... but can anyone find it?
Sherry Jones' controversial The Jewel of Medina has been released in the US, and has apparently sold a respectable 3000 copies so far. But apparently some booksellers aren't making it easy for consume...
Fire at UK publisher 'a terrorist act'
Three men have been arrested under the UK's terrorism laws following a fire at the London offices of publisher Gibson Square Books. Gibson Square is to publish the controversial The Jewel of the ...
Danes to publish book on Mohammed's wife
A Danish publisher will go ahead and publish Sherry Jones' novel The Jewel of Medina, which was dropped by Random in the US over fears of a backlash by Muslims.
India tells Bangladeshi writer to 'stay hidden or leave'
Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin, who has been living in exile in India after being attacked for alleged 'anti-Islamic' passages in her works, has been told by Indian authorities she can only stay in...
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