International Publishers Association - Khaled Lutfi awarded 2019 IPA Prix Voltaire - 0 views
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Imprisoned Egyptian publisher Khaled Lutfi has been selected for International Publishers Association’s 2019 Prix Voltaire which supports defenders of freedom to publish.
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On February 4, Khalid Lutfi (also written Lotfy), founder of Cairo’s Tanmia Bookshop and Publishing, was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of divulging military secrets and spreading rumors for having distributed an Arabic translation of the book The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel, by Uri Bar-Joseph
