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Book SynopsisThis is the first bibliography exclusively devoted to censorship in the Arab world. It includes items in such areas as academic freedom; book banning; book trade; copyright and intellectual property; freedom of information, communication, and expression; freedom of the press and politics; intellectual freedom; the Internet; journalistic ethics; laws and legislation; libraries; library acquisitions; literature; privacy; radio and television; and theater and film. More than 650 items are included in this bibliography ranging from books, scholarly journal articles, and chapters in books to doctoral dissertations, conference papers, and articles in scholarly dictionaries and encyclopedias in Arabic, English, French, and several other languages published between 1960 and 2004. Extensive cross-references are provided at the end of each chapter and an author and title index are also included. This is an indispensable guide for students, educators, researchers, journalists, policy makers, and
Trade Review...recommended... * American Reference Books Annual, vol. 38 (2007) *
Within country chapters, librarian Nsouli (Institute for Palestine Studies, Beirut) and Meho (library and information science, Indiana U.-Bloomington) cite and describe works in topical sections such as academic freedom, book banning, book trade, copyright and intellectual property, freedom of the press, the Internet, journalistic ethics, radio and television, and theater and film. Authors and titles are indexed. * Reference and Research Book News *
Table of ContentsPart 1 Preface Part 2 Introduction Part 3 1 General Works Part 4 2 Algeria Part 5 3 Bahrain Part 6 4 Union of Comoros Part 7 5 Djibouti Part 8 6 Egypt Part 9 7 Iraq Part 10 8 Jordan Part 11 9 Kuwait Part 12 10 Lebanon Part 13 11 Libya Part 14 12 Mauritania Part 15 13 Morocco Part 16 14 Oman Part 17 15 Palestine Part 18 16 Qatar Part 19 17 Saudi Arabia Part 20 18 Somalia Part 21 19 Sudan Part 22 20 Syria Part 23 21 Tunisia Part 24 22 United Arab Emirates Part 25 23 Yemen Part 26 Author Index Part 27 Title Index Part 28 About the Authors
