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1 | Kuwait: Art Exhibition Shut Down for “Controversial” Content | Koety: Rantin-Javakanto Nakatona Fa “Mamohehatra” |
2 | Kuwaiti artist Shurooq Amin is in shock after her exhibition of paintings was shut down without an explanation. | Tohina ny mpanakanto Shurooq Amin rehefa nakatona tsy misy fanazavana ny fampirantiana hosodoko nataony. |
3 | Reports say that men walked into the show, three hours after its opening, and took the paintings down, saying they had received a complaint over the content of the paintings. | Maro ny tatitra nilaza fa nisy lehilahy telo tonga tao amin'ny fampirantiana, ora telo taorian'ny fisokafany, ary nanaisotra ny tabilao, ka niteny fa nahazo fitarainana momba ny votoatin'ny hosodoko ry zareo. |
4 | The artist tweeted in shock on the 5th of March when the incident happened saying: | Nisiokantsera tao anatin'ny hatairana ny artista ny faha-5 Marsa rehefa nitranga ny raharaha tamin'ny filazana hoe: |
5 | @shurooqamin: They want to take down the #paintings! | Tian-dry zareo esorina ny hosodoko! |
6 | #art #censorship #kuwait Over the past few days, an influx of tweets poured in, in support of the painter using the hashtag #painttofreedom. | Tao anatin'ny andro vitsivitsy dia nissesisesy ny siokantsera, ho fanohanana ny mpanosodoko tamin'ny fampiasana tenifototra #painttofreedom [hosodokohoaminnyfahafahana]. |
7 | In comment on the allegations against the paintings being ‘immoral and pornographic', a Kuwaiti Twitter user wrote: | Tamin'ny fanehoan-kevitra manohitra ny hosodoko lazaina fa sary ‘vetaveta sy tsy fampiseho masoandro', nanoratra ny mpisera Twitter Koesiana iray: |
8 | @AladdinsWife: If you don't know the definition of pornography it's not our problem! look it up in a damn dictionary! | @AladdinsWife: If you don't know the definition of pornography it's not our problem! look it up in a damn dictionary! Zavakanto nataona Koesiana Mohammed Sharaf hanoherana ny sivana |
9 | Artwork by Kuwaiti Mohammed Sharaf against censorship | Tsy olana aminay raha tsy hainareo ny atao hoe sarim-betaveta! mba jereo ny rakibolana re! |
10 | Shahd Alshammari added: | Nanampy i Shahd Alshammari: |
11 | @ShahdAlshammari: This is so disappointing, when art is sentenced to death. | Mandiso fanantenana tokoa rehefa melohina ho faty ny zavakanto. |
12 | In an interview with Al-Qabas newspaper, Amin attacked censorship in Kuwait saying the men who closed down her show interpreted the paintings the way they wanted, saying they were disrespectful of the society's tradition and took them down. | Ao amin'ny dinidinika nifanaovana tamin'ny gazety Al-Qabas, namely ny sivana ao Koety i Amin tamin'ny filazana fa mandika ny hosodoko araka izay itiavany azy ny lehilahy nanakatona ny ranty nataony fa hoe tsy manaja ny fomban-drazan'ny fiarahamonina ireo ka nesorina. |
13 | Al-Qabas indicated that this might be the first incident of its kind in the history of Kuwait. | Nomarihan'i Al-Qabas fa mety ho io no trangan-javatra [mampalahelo] voalohany teo amin'ny tantaran'i Koety. |
14 | Also, the Kuwaiti leftist movement published a statement online to express their rejection to what they called ‘governmental guardianship over art.' | Namoaka fanambarana an-tserasera ihany koa ny hetsiky ny [antoko] ankavia koesiana ho fitsipahany izay antsoiny ho ‘Fanarahamaso ny zavakanto ataon'ny fitondrana.' |
15 | Meanwhile, columnist and Kuwait university professor Suad Al Mojel (@suadalmojel) tweeted [ar]: | Mandritra izany fotoana izany ny mpamosa-kevitra an-gazety sy mpampianatra anjerimanontolo ny profesora Suad Al Mojel (@suadalmojel) dia nisiokantsera fa [ar]: |
16 | @suadalmojel: What happened in Shurooq Amin's exhibition is a clear violation and indicates that the state of ‘Taliban' is coming soon. | @suadalmojel: Fanosihosena miharihary izay nanjò ny fampirantian'i Shurooq Amin ary manondro fa ho avy tsy ho ela ny fitondrana ‘Taliban'. |
17 | Also, blogger Abrar AlShammari wrote a post entitled “Paint to Freedom”: | Namoaka hafatra mitondra ny lohateny hoe “Mandoko ho amin'ny Fahafahana” ny mpibilaogy Abrar AlShammari: |
18 | We can't find proper books in our own country anymore, now with Virgin being shut down and all the good writers banned in the other bookstores. | Tsy mahita ny boky araka ny tokony ho izy eto amin'ny firenentsika intsony isika, rehefa nakatona i Virgin ary voarara any amin'ny fivarotam-boky hafa ny mpanoratra tsara. |
19 | Our movies are censored, and instead we're fed a bunch of media advertisements to turn us into consumerist robots during those 15 minutes that the cinema had cut out. | Voasivana ny sarimihetsi-tsika, ary ho solony dia vokisana dokambarotra ao anatin'ny 15 minitra manova antsika ho raboto mpanjifa isika. |
20 | Our writings are censored, it's inappropriate to write about love and inappropriate to address the endless issues our society is facing. | Sivanina izay soratantsika, tsy mety ny manoratra momba ny fitiavana ary tsy mety ny miresaka lohahevitra tsy mety tapitra atrehin'ny fiarahamonina. |
21 | How does denial help anyone? | Amin'ny fomba ahoana no hanampy ny rehetra ny fodiana fanina? |
22 | Why is it believed that if we pretend a problem doesn't exist, it'll go away? | Ahoana no inoana fa rehefa heverina ho tsy misy ny olana dia ho lasa izany? |
23 | It only gets worse the more it's ignored | Ho ratsiratsy kokoa io araka ny andavana azy. |
24 | AlShammari added: | Nanampy i AlShammari: |
25 | The intellectuals of the Arab society need to unite to fight censorship and ignorance and regression. | Mila mivondrona ny manampahaizana amin'ny fiarahamonina Arabo ho fanoherana ny sivana, ny tsy fahalalana ary ny fihemorana |
26 | The paintings seemed controversial for some people as they tackle the sex taboo. | Heverina ho mampiady hevitra ihany ny hosodoko ho an'ny sasany satria miresaka ny fady momba ny fananahana. |
27 | The exhibition was entitled “It's a man's world” and this was one of the painting deemed as controversial. | Ny fampirantiana dia nampitondraina ny anarana hoe “Tontolon'ny lehilahy iray” ary io no iray amin'ny hosodoko heverina ho mampiady hevitra. |
28 | It was posted on Twitter: | Nivoaka tao amin'ny Twitter: |
29 | One of Shurooq Amin's paintings, posted by May Al Najjar on Twitter | Iray Amin'ny hosodokon'i Amin, Navoakan'i May Al Najjar hita Twitter |
30 | In reaction to shutting down her exhibition, Amin posted her paintings on her website here. | Ho setrin'ny fanakatonana ny fampirantiana dia navoakan'i Amin amin'ny vohikala ato ny hosodokony. |