Al Arabiya Egypt author jailed for ‘sexually explicit' novel Egyptian author Ahmed Naji was sentenced to two years in jail on Saturday by a Cairo appeals court for publishing a sexually explicit excerpt of his novel that prosecutors said violated "public modesty." Mahmoud Othman, a lawyer representing Naji, said the court also ordered the editor-in-chief of Egypt's top literary magazine, Tarek el-Taher, to pay a 10,000-Egyptian pound ($1,277) fine. The trial stems from a complaint filed by a private citizen after Akhbar al-Adab magazine published an excerpt from Naji's novel, "The Use of Life," in August 2014. The excerpt contains explicit sex acts and references to hashish use by the characters. Read more: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/variety/2016/02/20/Egypt-author-jailed-for-sexually-explicit-novel.html Gulf News Egypt buys four wheat cargoes in sign of thaw with traders Egypt, the world's biggest wheat importer, bought four grain cargoes in a tender on Friday, a sign that business is going back to normal after a weeks-long standoff with traders over quality rules. The purchase was the largest since January, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Egypt bought all but one of the five cargoes offered in Friday's tender, even though the offers was at a premium to prices at the port in Rouen, France, a regional benchmark. Read more: http://gulfnews.com/news/mena/egypt/egypt-buys-four-wheat-cargoes-in-sign-of-thaw-with-traders-1.1676295
