Here are some examples of recent publications to come through Qatar customs that have been censored using a black marker.
Bazaar cover of pregnant Britney Spears shown in Paris Match July 6-12, 2006 No. 2981
Photo of Kate Moss on story about Supermodels in American Vogue August 2006
Ad for Evian water in American Vogue August 2006
Image of Modigliani nude painted in 1917 in an article on the painter Amedeo Modigliani in The Guardian Weekly July 28-August 3, 2006 vol. 175, no. 6
Censoring art...
"Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and others. Their fear is only their inability to face what is real. Somewhere in their upbringing they were shielded against the total facts of our experience. They were only taught to look one way when many ways exist." Charles Bukowski, poet and novelist
4 comments:
Oh, I love that quote from Bukowski; it is very accurate! Here is another Gulf censorship story for you: I went to school (primary) in Kuwait for 5 years. It was a British, International school, but still some of the books could not escape the censor's black marker. So, everytime there was a pig anywhere, it was blackened out completely. I am a Muslim and so I do not eat pork, but in my country (Egypt) everyone knows what a pig looks like! And how exactly does seeing a picture of a pig or even a real pig affect my Islam? Almost twenty years later, I still have no answer to that question! Does anyone? :)
Don´t tell me these are for the library!
and as to Nelly´s comment: That is hilarious! I can´t imagine not being able to look at an animal!
These are for the library. We are suppose to have an exemption.
Britney looks better with the black marker.
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