Thursday, September 20, 2007

Sex and Taboos in the Islamic World

By Amira El Ahl and Daniel Steinvorth

Sex is a taboo in conservative Islamic countries. Young, unmarried couples are forced to seek out secret erotic oases. Books and play that are devoted to the all too human topic of sex incur the wrath of conservative religious officials and are promptly banned.

This is really super-long, so you can find the whole story here.

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