I’m just home from the second part of the HogPro ‘Deathly Hallows Speaking Tour’ — seventeen talks down, two to go! — and I found these fascinating links to news in the mountain of email in my inbox. Enjoy!
Quidditch World Cup in New York City, 13-14 November 2010: 46 Teams, 1 World Champion!
Invisibility Cloaks Coming to a Store Near You
The Nine Most Subversive Children’s Books
Carve Your Hunger Games Pumpkin!
HogPro All-Pro in Argentina reviews Deathly Hallows Lectures
Egyptian Christians Denounce Sufi Children’s Book? Harry Hating in an Islamic Country…
- Khaled Diab, “Egypt’s Coptics Find Book Insulting,” The Guardian, May 12, 2010.
- M. Lynx Qualey, “In Support of Anis Al Degheidi,” Arabic Literature (in English), August 5, 2010.
- Brian Whitaker, “Egyptian law gives fanatics free rein,” The Guardian, April 28, 2010.
- Nadia Abou el Nagd, “‘Abuse’ of Islamic rule lands lawyer in court,” The National, October 9, 2009.
- Yasmine Saleh, “Egypt Christians want action on ‘insulting’ novel,” Reuters, May 5, 2010
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