Issue Contents Home Editorial    CV    Biography Introduction English File Selected Translations Subscription Contact Us July 1st , 2009 Issue No. 35   The Harsh CensorshipÉby the Society By: Hamdy Battran One of the most interesting yet bitter aspects of censorship is the one exercised by the society against its writers, poets, and intellectuals. That censorship starts from the very close circles surrounding the creator and varies in its harshness according to the level of education, understanding of the creators' needs and the general cultural environment that surround the two parties   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Democracy World Wide? A Reflection on the Questions ''What is Democracy? '' and ''What is it Good for?'' By: Dr. Evert van der Zweerde For many people in this world, ''democracy'' seems to be a name for the air that they breathe. For others it is part of the ideological discourse that the West develops in order to justify its political domination over other parts of the world, vainly concealing economic and geopolitical interests. There was a time, in the early 1990s, after the downfall of the Soviet empire, when some people thought that the final triumph of a liberal-democratic political order, in close connection with a free market economy, was near. Some even spoke about an ''end of history''   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ More Topics   All Copyrights are Reserved Democracy Review