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A Feast for the Seaweeds
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Wikipedia article
'A Feast for the Seaweeds' is a 1983 novel by the Syrian novelist aidar aidar. The novel centers on an Iraqi communist revolutionary as he runs away to Algeria, where he meets an old revolutionary during the revolution's collapse. It also follows the havoc faced by revolutionaries in Algeria.
Reception
The Egyptian poet and scholar Jbir Qumayah published a book titled 'A Feast for the Seaweeds According to Islam, Reason, and Literature' ('Riwayit Walimah li A'ashab al-Bahr Fi Mizan Al-Islam Wal Aql Wal Adab') where he studies aidar's novel and looks at the parts that cross Islam's boundaries or the boundaries of appropriate speech and expression.
'A Feast for the Seaweeds' was controversial after being republished in Egypt in 2000, seventeen years after its original publication date, and it was considered to be "an offense to Islam" by Al-Azhar. The novel was subsquently banned in Egypt.
See also
* List of books banned by Egypt
References
Category:Syrian novels
Category:1983 novels
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