An appeals court in Egypt on Sunday ordered that novelist Ahmed Naji be be released pending appeal of his two-year sentence for “violating public modesty” after excerpts from his book that were ...

Whether you live in a country where freedom of expression is protected or not, all writers have a common interest in supporting the principle — and they tend to take it pretty seriously. Over 120 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — An imprisoned Egyptian author and journalist is being given the PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award, presented by PEN America. Ahmed Naji received a two-year sentence in February for ...

A Cairo Court of Misdemeanour Cassation ruled Sunday in favor of an appeal by jailed journalist and novelist Ahmed Naji to suspend the implementation of his two-year prison sentence, pending a final ...

At least 120 prominent writers and artists from around the world have signed a petition to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and the Egyptian parliament demanding the release of novelist Ahmed ...

Naji has served 10 months of a sentence imposed in February 2016 for ‘violating public modesty’. The court suspended his sentence pending his appeal scheduled for 1 January 2017. He was released on 22 ...

If you were thrown in jail for writing, would you succumb to cynicism, or would you keep pushing forward? When Egyptian novelist Ahmed Naji was imprisoned, it made him believe more in the power of ...

Ahmed Naji received a two-year sentence in February for "destroying social values," an allegation tied to the content of his novel "The Use of Life" Imprisoned Egyptian author and journalist, Ahmed ...