The prosecution had charged Ahmed Nagy with writing material 'to spew sexual lust and transient pleasures, using his pen to express wicked intents, thus violating societal norms of decency' A Cairo misdemeanor court acquitted on Saturday writer Ahmed Nagy for charges of “violating general morals and encouraging indecent sexual behavior.” Last year, the state owned literary journal Akhbar Al-Adab, which is published by Akhbar Al-Youm, ran a chapter from a novel named The Usage of Life, written by journalist Nagy. The prosecution charged Nagy with writing material "to spew sexual lust and transient pleasures, using his pen to express wicked intents, thus violating societal norms of decency and inciting promiscuity.” The journal's editor-in-chief, Tarek El-Taher, was also acquitted after being charged with failing to review published content http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/179930.aspx