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		<title>Costa Rica: Science Fiction Anthology called Possible Futures</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/11/27/costa-rica-science-fiction-anthology-called-possible-futures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:57:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Eduardo Avila</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Costa Rican writer Antonio Chamu writes that ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Costa Rican writer Antonio Chamu writes that <a href="http://antoniochamu.blogspot.com/2009/11/presentacion-nuevo-libro-posibles.html"">he is included in the upcoming book anthology called &#8220;Possible Futures,&#8221; [es] </a>which collects science fiction from national authors who explore the topic, &#8220;what would happen if&#8230;?&#8221;</p>
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		<title>St. Lucia, U.S.A.: New Book of Poetry</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/11/26/st-lucia-u-s-a-new-book-of-poetry/</link>
		<comments>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/11/26/st-lucia-u-s-a-new-book-of-poetry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janine Mendes-Franco</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ideas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From St. Lucia, Caribbean Book Blog interviews Dr. Neal Hall about his new anthology of verse, Nigger For Life.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From St. Lucia, <em><a href="http://caribbeanbookblog.wordpress.com/2009/11/26/326/">Caribbean Book Blog</a></em> interviews Dr. Neal Hall about his new anthology of verse, <em>Nigger For Life</em>.</p>
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		<title>Egypt&#039;s First Adult Graphic Novel Officially Banned</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/11/24/egypts-first-adult-graphic-novel-officially-banned/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:54:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marwa Rakha</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Egypt]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Freedom of Speech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Magdy El Shafee's adult graphic novel Metro has been banned in Egypt, following a court order.  Bloggers and Facebook users react to the decision, which they say is yet another blow to freedom of expression. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-107797" title="Metro Cover" src="http://globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Metro-Cover.jpg" alt="Metro Cover" width="177" height="182" />In April 2008, freedom of speech and creativity in Egypt was hit in its core with the confiscation of <a href="http://www.magdycomics.com/">Magdy El Shafee&#39;s </a>adult graphic novel - <a href="http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/?lab=ShaffeeMetro">Metro</a>. Since then the author and his publisher have been <a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/04/02/egypts-first-adult-graphic-novel-on-trial/">on trial</a> and while every one was busy with <a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/11/15/egypt-vs-algeria-the-twitter-match/">the football war </a>between Egypt and Algeria, the court officially banned the novel.</p>
<p><em>Bikya Masr</em> group blog see the verdict as &#8220;<a href="http://bikyamasr.com/?p=5979">Another blow to free speech in Egypt as graphic novelist gets no love from court</a>&#8220;</p>
<blockquote><p>It was supposed to signal a new era in Egyptian novels. The country’s first graphic novel, Metro, was supposed to be a show of free speech and artistic merit. Instead, it has become the hallmark of what rights groups say is the Egyptian government’s continued censorship of what its citizens can write. On Sunday, a Cairo misdemeanors court fined author Magdy el-Shafei and publisher Mohamed Sharkawi 5000 Egyptian pounds ($900) and demanded the confiscation of the novel after accusing them of writing and distributing a novel, which included statements and phrases considered “offensive to public morals.”</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=517526799&amp;ref=ts"><em>Sarah Carr</em> </a>is furious; people got so absorbed in the Egypt-Algeria <a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/11/15/egypt-vs-algeria-the-twitter-match/">football war</a> and forgot about every thing else</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-107791" title="Metro 1" src="http://globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Metro-1.jpg" alt="Metro 1" width="521" height="112" /></p>
<p><a href="http://www.facebook.com/Shahinaz.abdelsalam?ref=ts"><em>Shahinaz Abdel Salam</em> </a>is disappointed</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-107793" title="Metro 2" src="http://globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Metro-2.jpg" alt="Metro 2" width="528" height="232" /></p>
<p>The author <a href="http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=678971331">Magdy El Shafee </a>refuses to give up and promises to appeal</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-107795" title="Metro 3" src="http://globalvoicesonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Metro-3.jpg" alt="Metro 3" width="523" height="51" /></p>
<div class="translation">Fine! We lost the first round &#8230; no problem! We will not lose the second!</div>
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		<title>Jamaica, Bahamas, U.S.A.: Copyright Options</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/11/24/jamaica-bahamas-u-s-a-copyright-options/</link>
		<comments>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/11/24/jamaica-bahamas-u-s-a-copyright-options/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:46:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janine Mendes-Franco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In response to Jamaican blogger Geoffrey Philp&#39;s &#8220;cautionary tale on the dangers of unregistered creative property&#8221;, the Bahamas&#39; Scavella&#39;s Blogsphere says: &#8220;This is all very well and good, but I’m not American. I don’t live in the USA. What substitute is there for me?&#8221;
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In response to Jamaican blogger <a href="http://geoffreyphilp.blogspot.com/2009/11/poor-mans-copyright.html">Geoffrey Philp</a>&#39;s &#8220;cautionary tale on the dangers of unregistered creative property&#8221;, the Bahamas&#39; <em><a href="http://scavella.wordpress.com/2009/11/23/via-geoffrey-philp-copyrights-and-wrongs/">Scavella&#39;s Blogsphere</a></em> says: &#8220;This is all very well and good, but I’m not American. I don’t live in the USA. What substitute is there for me?&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Japan: Secondhand books to loose yourself in</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/11/24/japan-secondhand-books-to-loose-yourself-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:23:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scilla Alecci</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[East Asia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Photographer Damoncoulter presents  some pictures of the Secondhand Book Fair in Shimbashi (Tokyo).
In the heart of the Tokyo business district, the fair (held in middle November) was mostly attended by &#8220;salarymen&#8221; looking for rare pieces of literature to read on the way home.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Photographer <a href="http://www.demotix.com/users/damoncoulter/profile">Damoncoulter</a> presents  <a href="http://www.demotix.com/news/secondhand-book-fair-shimbashi-tokyo">some pictures</a> of the Secondhand Book Fair in Shimbashi (Tokyo).<br />
In the heart of the Tokyo business district, the fair (held in middle November) was mostly attended by &#8220;salarymen&#8221; looking for rare pieces of literature to read on the way home.</p>
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		<title>Japanese concepts through images and videos</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/11/23/japanese-concepts-through-images-and-videos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:13:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tomomi Sasaki</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[East Asia]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lee at Tokyo Times defines the Japanese notions of wabi-sabi through photographs while the Through Eyes From Afar blog posts some videos to explain the concept of tsundere and yandere.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lee at Tokyo Times defines the Japanese notions of <a href="http://www.wordpress.tokyotimes.org/?p=4400">wabi-sabi</a> through photographs while the Through Eyes From Afar blog posts some videos to explain the concept of <a href="http://througheyesfromafar.blogspot.com/2009/07/tsundere-and-yandere.html">tsundere and yandere</a>.</p>
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		<title>Palestine: Gaza Reading Club Learns About Kindle</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/11/20/palestine-gaza-reading-club-learns-about-kindle/</link>
		<comments>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/11/20/palestine-gaza-reading-club-learns-about-kindle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ayesha Saldanha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arabic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Gaza, the members of the Qattan Foundation Reading Club were recently introduced to the Kindle, and photos have been posted on the club&#39;s blog [Ar].
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In Gaza, the members of the <em>Qattan Foundation Reading Club</em> were recently introduced to the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle">Kindle</a>, and photos have been posted on the club&#39;s <a href="http://qccreadingclub.blogspot.com/2009/11/kindle.html">blog</a> [Ar].</p>
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		<title>Guyana: Autobiographical</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/11/17/guyana-autobiographical/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Janine Mendes-Franco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I&#39;ve always thought of autobiography as an attempt to leave behind&#8211;forever in memoriam&#8211;something more or less truthful about one&#39;s existence&#8221;: Signifyin&#39; Guyana wonders what the first lines of your autobiography would be.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;I&#39;ve always thought of autobiography as an attempt to leave behind&#8211;forever in memoriam&#8211;something more or less truthful about one&#39;s existence&#8221;: <em><a href="http://signifyinguyana.typepad.com/signifyin_guyana/2009/11/what-would-be-the-first-lines-of-your-autobiography.html">Signifyin&#39; Guyana</a></em> wonders what the first lines of your autobiography would be.</p>
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		<title>Africa: Allah is not obliged</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/11/17/africa-allah-is-not-obliged/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ndesanjo Macha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sokari reviews Ahmadou Kourouma&#39;s novel, Allah is not obliged: &#8220;There are three sets of interwoven stories. The story of Birahima and his many wanderings with different militias across the region which makes a mockery of the artificial boundaries created by colonial rulers – only tribes not countries have meaning in this chaos and madness.&#8221; 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.blacklooks.org/2009/11/allah_is_not_obliged_-_walah.html">Sokari reviews</a> Ahmadou Kourouma&#39;s novel, Allah is not obliged: &#8220;There are three sets of interwoven stories. The story of Birahima and his many wanderings with different militias across the region which makes a mockery of the artificial boundaries created by colonial rulers – only tribes not countries have meaning in this chaos and madness.&#8221; </p>
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		<title>Malawi: No guts, No Glory</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/11/17/malawi-no-guts-no-glory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:21:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ndesanjo Macha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No Guts, No Glory is a story from Lilongwe Writers Circle: &#8220;First disappointment – no booze. Secondly, it was full of young, enthusiastic, teetotallers – us alcoholic grannies didn’t know anyone. Thirdly, since when was spirituality a requirement for humanitarian interest?&#8221;
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://lilongwewriters.blogspot.com/2009/11/no-guts-no-glory.html">No Guts, No Glory</a> is a story from Lilongwe Writers Circle: &#8220;First disappointment – no booze. Secondly, it was full of young, enthusiastic, teetotallers – us alcoholic grannies didn’t know anyone. Thirdly, since when was spirituality a requirement for humanitarian interest?&#8221;</p>
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		<title>Hungary: More on Imre Kertész&#039;s Interview</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/11/17/hungary-more-on-imre-kerteszs-interview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:47:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Veronica Khokhlova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More on the Hungarian reactions to Imre Kertész&#39;s Die Welt interview - at Hungarian Spectrum. (Marietta Le&#39;s GV post about it is here.)
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>More on the Hungarian <a href="http://esbalogh.typepad.com/hungarianspectrum/2009/11/the-pride-of-hungarians.html">reactions to Imre Kertész&#39;s <em>Die Welt</em> interview</a> - at <em>Hungarian Spectrum</em>. (Marietta Le&#39;s GV post about it is <a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/11/10/hungary-comments-on-the-interview-with-imre-kertesz/">here</a>.)</p>
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		<title>Finland: The Language Issue</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:07:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Veronica Khokhlova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nordic Voices writes about Finland&#39;s &#8220;language issue.&#8221;
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Nordic Voices</em> <a href="http://nordicvoices.blogspot.com/2009/11/land-of-one-language.html">writes</a> about Finland&#39;s &#8220;language issue.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>U.S., Europe: Immigrant Writing; Diaspora Mentality</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Veronica Khokhlova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maud Newton writes about a newly-published anthology of immigrant writing, &#8220;Becoming Americans.&#8221; Sublime Oblivion examines the views of &#8220;Russian political analyst &#038; nationalist Konstantin Krylov&#8221; on &#8220;international diasporas&#8221; and &#8220;the diaspora mentality.&#8221; 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Maud Newton <a href="http://maudnewton.com/blog/?p=9653">writes</a> about a newly-published anthology of immigrant writing, &#8220;<a href="http://www.loa.org/volume.jsp?RequestID=313">Becoming Americans</a>.&#8221; <em>Sublime Oblivion</em> <a href="http://www.sublimeoblivion.com/2009/11/07/diasporas-and-barbarians/">examines</a> the views of &#8220;Russian political analyst &#038; nationalist Konstantin Krylov&#8221; on &#8220;international diasporas&#8221; and &#8220;the diaspora mentality.&#8221; </p>
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		<title>U.S.: Redesign Of Vladimir Nabokov&#039;s Book Covers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Veronica Khokhlova</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At Design Observer, John Gall writes about the redesign of Vladimir Nabokov&#39;s book covers: &#8220;All twenty-one of them.&#8221; (Link via Maud Newton.)
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At <em>Design Observer</em>, John Gall <a href="http://observatory.designobserver.com/entry.html?entry=11597">writes</a> about the redesign of Vladimir Nabokov&#39;s book covers: &#8220;All twenty-one of them.&#8221; (Link <a href="http://maudnewton.com/blog/?p=9663">via Maud Newton</a>.)</p>
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		<title>France: Does Prestigious Literary Award Entail a &#8220;Duty of Restraint&#8221; ?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 18:08:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Suzanne Lehn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The start of this year's French literary season saw French-Senegalese novelist and playwright Marie N'Diaye awarded a much-awaited Prix Goncourt.  However, N'Diaye and her family moved to Berlin two years ago, in large part because of French president Nicolas Sarkozy's politics.  Will this be another opportunity to celebrate diversity in a changing French society? Or will the moment be spoiled by controversy?]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The start of this year&#39;s French literary season saw French-Senegalese novelist and playwright <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_NDiaye">Marie N&#39;Diaye</a> awarded a much-awaited <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goncourt_Prize">Prix Goncourt</a>.  However, N&#39;Diaye and her family move to Berlin to years ago, in large part because of French president Nicolas Sarkozy&#39;s politics.  Last year, the panel of this prestigious award created a sensation when it chose Afghan writer Atiq Rahimi, for his French language novel, <em>Syngué Sabour</em>.  Will this be another opportunity to celebrate diversity in a changing French society? Or will the moment be spoiled by controversy?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4884146,00.html">Explains</a> DW-World :</p>
<blockquote><p>In an interview with &#8220;Inrockuptibles&#8221; magazine last summer, N&#39;Diaye said she had decided to leave France and move to Berlin in 2007 &#8220;in great part because of Sarkozy.&#8221;</p>
<p>The controversy began after Eric Raoult, a lawmaker and member of Sarkozy&#39;s ruling UMP party, wrote to the culture minister last week recommending that NDiaye be reminded of the &#8220;duty of restraint&#8221; that comes with the Goncourt.</p>
<p>In response, France&#39;s cultural establishment has thrown accusations of censorship into the debate. Bernard Pivot, a Goncourt jury member, accused Raoult of knowing nothing about the literary scene.</p></blockquote>
<p>N&#39;Diaye, born in 1967 to a French mother and a Senegalese father, won the Goncourt prize for her novel, &#8220;Trois femmes puissantes&#8221; (&#8221;Three Powerful Women&#8221;), a story about three women caught between France and Senegal and the hellish ordeal of illegal migration from Africa.</p>
<p>&#8220;The story of these migrants has been told many times before, but if this can help people understand their fate a bit better, I will be happy,&#8221; said NDiaye.</p>
<p>What was it that stirred Eric Raoult&#39;s ire? No less than an interview of the woman novelist, when she answered <a href="http://www.lesinrocks.com/actualite/actu-article/t/1257862620/article/raoultndiaye-on-nest-plus-en-1942/">magazine Les Inrocks</a>&#39;s question : &#8220;Do you feel well in Sarkozy&#39;s France?&#8221; saying [fr]:</p>
<blockquote><p>« Je trouve cette France-là monstrueuse. Le fait que nous (avec son compagnon l’écrivain Jean-Yves Cendrey, et leurs trois enfants – ndlr) ayons choisi de vivre à Berlin n’est pas étranger à ça. (…) Je trouve détestable cette atmosphère de flicage, de vulgarité… »</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">&#8220;I find that kind of France horrendous. The fact that we (N&#39;Diaye, her partner, writer  Jean-Yves Cendrey, and their three children) decided to live in Berlin is not unrelated to this. (&#8230;) I find this atmosphere of heavy policing and vulgarity appalling&#8230;&#8221;</div>
<p>Renowned law blogger <a href="http://www.maitre-eolas.fr/post/2009/11/12/Prix-Busiris-pour-Éric-Raoult"><em>Maître Eolas</em></a> demolishes Mr. Raoult&#39;s claim in an ironically well-argued post [Fr], finally awarding him the &#8220;Prix Busiris&#8221; (&#8221;buse&#8221; may be translated by &#8220;dolt&#8221;).</p>
<p>First, he rectifies a grammatical mistake :</p>
<blockquote><p>Tout d’abord, et le ministre de la culture et de la communication aura rectifié de lui-même, le devoir de réserve ne peut en tout état de cause être dû aux lauréats mais dû par les lauréats : cette erreur de préposition fait du lauréat le créancier alors que dans <del datetime="2009-11-13T17:48:02+00:00">l’esprit</del> la tête du député, il en serait évidemment le débiteur.</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">To begin with, and the Minister of Culture and Communications won&#39;t forget to correct by himself, the duty of restraint cannot in any case be owed to the prize-winners, but instead is owed by the prize-winners: this mistaken preposition makes the prize-winner a creditor while in the MP&#39;s <del datetime="2009-11-13T21:16:34+00:00">mind</del> head, he would of course be the debtor.</div>
<p>And legally ? Among the texts, the blogger quotes of course the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_the_Rights_of_Man_and_of_the_Citizen">1789 Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen</a> along with the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Convention_on_Human_Rights">European Convention on Human Rights</a>. And the &#8220;duty of restraint&#8221;, traditionally asked from civil servants ?</p>
<blockquote><p>Le devoir de réserve est souvent invoqué à tort et à travers par des gens qui n’y ont rien compris comme interdisant à un fonctionnaire de s’exprimer, y compris parfois sur des affaires purement privées.</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">The duty of restraint is often called upon indiscriminately by people who don&#39;t understand a thing about it, as forbidding a civil servant to speak up, sometimes even about quite private matters.</div>
<p>The lawyer concludes on the M.P.&#39;s dishonesty, before dealing the finishing blow :</p>
<blockquote><p>Ajoutons à cela qu’en 2005, en tant que maire du Raincy, lors des émeutes de l’automne, il fut le premier à proclamer l’état d’urgence dans sa commune pourtant épargnée par les actes de violence afin de griller la politesse au premier ministre, ce qui montre une certaine tendance à la gesticulation inutile pour attirer l’attention sur lui.</p>
<p>Ce qui établit en même temps le mobile d’opportunité politique, et emporte la décision.</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">Let&#39;s add to all this the fact that in 2005, as the mayor of Le Raincy, during the autumn uprisings, he was the first to declare the state of emergency in his town, yet spared by the violence, only to outmanouever the prime minister, which shows some tendency towards useless gestures in order to draw attention.</p>
<p>Which at the same time proves the motive of political opportunism, and carries the decision along.</p></div>
<p>Other bloggers also had scathing words.</p>
<p>On <em>Art contemporain, la peau de l&#39;ours</em>, Philippe Rillon <a href="http://rillon.blog.lemonde.fr/2009/11/10/marie-ndiaye-eric-raoult-et-le-devoir-de-reserve/">writes</a> [fr]:</p>
<blockquote><p>Nous comprenons fort bien que le devoir de réserve s’impose à tout serviteur de l’Etat; mais depuis quand la littérature et les auteurs sont ils assimilés aux fonctionnaires avec leurs droits et devoirs?</p>
<p>Nous avions déjà une “Culture administrée”,  nous voici maintenant “artistes fonctionnaires” comme si Paris était Berlin-est d’avant la chute du mur…<br />
(&#8230;)<br />
Il serait quand même étonnant qu’au lendemain d’une hyper-médiatique commémoration de la chute du mur, ce godillot vienne gâcher le spectacle idylique des dominos qui tombent.</p></blockquote>
<div class="translation">We understand quite well that the duty of restraint is a rule for every servant of the state; but since when are literature and writers put in the same category as the civil servants with their rights and duties?<br />
We already had a &#8220;government culture&#8221;, now we have become &#8220;state artists&#8221;, as if Paris was East-Berlin before the wall&#39;s collapse&#8230;<br />
(&#8230;)<br />
Wouldn&#39;t it be amazing if the day after the hypermedatized celebration of the wall&#39;s collapse, this unquestioning supporter could spoil the idyllic view of the falling dominoes.</div>
<p>Meanwhile, Marie Ndiaye, after an attempt at toning down her words in an <a href="http://www.europe1.fr/Culture/Ndiaye-revient-sur-ses-propos-excessifs-sur-Sarkozy/%28gid%29/253818">interview with radio station Europe 1</a>, which in the midst of the turmoil went unnoticed, appealed to French Minister of Culture Frédéric Mitterrand. The latter <a href="http://www.leparisien.fr/flash-actualite-culture/marie-ndiaye-persiste-et-signe-frederic-mitterrand-juge-la-polemique-anecdotique-et-ridicule-12-11-2009-708919.php">deems</a> the controversy &#8220;trivial&#8221; and &#8220;ridiculous&#8221; [fr], and the <a href="http://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/2009/11/13/01011-20091113FILWWW00566-ndiaye-raoult-ne-regrette-rien.php">main players</a> stick to <a href="http://www.marianne2.fr/Marie-NDiaye-ou-la-fable-de-l-ecrivain-rebelle_a182772.html?com">their guns</a> [fr].</p>
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