Egyptian publisher gets 5 years in jail over Israeli novel 0 SHARES Share it! Share TweetBy Agence France-PresseThe founder of an Egyptian publishing house was sentenced to five years in prison for distributing an Arabic version of a controversial Israeli novel, his brother said Tuesday. The novel entitled “The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel”, by Israeli writer Uri Bar-Joseph, portrays Ashraf Marwan, the son-in-law of former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser, as a spy for the Jewish state. Khaled Lotfi has been on trial in a military court since 2018 for publishing an Arabic version of the book, two years earlier. A 2018 film based on the book, titled “The Angel”, was met with outrage by Egyptian media, which slated it as a manipulation of history.

Source: Manila Bulletin December 24, 2019 20:37 UTC