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Cultural events in Egypt are \u201cfaced with increasing curbs,\u201d <\/strong>according to a report by AFP<\/a>. Artists were being subjected to increasing limitations, says Hossam Fazulla of the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression. \u201cThe curbs have wiped out some art forms, especially street events, which were starting to flourish after the 2011 uprising that toppled longtime ruler Hosni Mubarak, he said.\u201d The report mentions bans on screening films including The Nile Hilton Incident and In The Last Days of the City as well as on censorship bans for music and concerts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cultural events in Egypt are \u201cfaced with increasing curbs,\u201d according to a report by AFP. Artists were being subjected to increasing limitations, says Hossam Fazulla of the Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression. \u201cThe curbs have wiped out some art forms, especially street events, which were starting to flourish after the 2011 uprising that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7233],"tags":[2386,72],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-639493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-egypt-in-the-news","tag-egypt-in-the-news","tag-enterpriseam","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"077aa71d-03a9-41b2-b5bf-8bd0d15bd214","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"section_story_id":"89c98726-4fe8-4664-8c76-9f556f68c17c","story_type":"1","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[639469],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"\nCultural events in Egypt in \u201ccrosshairs\u201d -AFP - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/10\/30\/cultural-events-in-egypt-in-crosshairs-afp\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cultural events in Egypt in \u201ccrosshairs\u201d -AFP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cultural events in Egypt are \u201cfaced with increasing curbs,\u201d according to a report by AFP. 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