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First They Came for the Iranian Movie Makers…

October 10, 2011 · Mustapha Hamoui

Hanin Ghaddar on the worrying Lebanese indifference to censorship:

the real danger Beirut is facing now is that the majority of its citizens do not seem to care anymore [about censorship]. When authorities curtail freedom and violate human dignity, it calls for resistance. But a heavy air of desperation mixed with fear hangs over Beirut today. If this persists, not only is freedom threatened, so is the very nature of Beirut itself.

Bonus: A reminder of how censorship works in Lebanon: Part 1 , Part 2