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Banned and restricted books in Kuwait
15 titles have been banned or restricted in Kuwait, recorded across 15 dated, source-cited events, most often for religious / blasphemy.
Titles
15
Ban events
15
Top reason
Religious / blasphemy
Decades active
2
Most-restricted titles
| Title | Author | Year | Events |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stray Memories | Abdullah Al Busais | 2013 | 1 |
| One Hundred Years of Solitude | Gabriel García Márquez | 1967 | 1 |
| The Satanic Verses | Salman Rushdie | 1988 | 1 |
| Mama Hissa's Mice | Saud Alsanousi | 2015 | 1 |
| Lost in Mecca | Bothayna al-Essa | 2015 | 1 |
| The Brothers Karamazov | Fyodor Dostoevsky | 1880 | 1 |
| Sophie's World | Jostein Gaarder | 1991 | 1 |
| The Little Mermaid | The Walt Disney Company | 1989 | 1 |
| The Scent of the Tango | Dalaa Moufti | 2015 | 1 |
| The Hunchback of Notre-Dame | Victor Hugo | 1831 | 1 |
| The Divine Comedy | Dante Alighieri | 1320 | 1 |
| Zorba the Greek | Nikos Kazantzakis | 1946 | 1 |
| The Forty Rules of Love | Elif Şafak | 2010 | 1 |
| 1984 | George Orwell | 1949 | 1 |
| I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Maya Angelou | 1969 | 1 |
Stated reasons
- Religious / blasphemy
- 7
- Immorality
- 4
- Sexual content
- 4
- Political content
- 3
By decade
1980s1
2010s14
Documented bans
All 15 recorded events, most severe and most recent first.
The Brothers Karamazov2018
Mama Hissa's Mice2016
Sophie's World2016
The Little Mermaid2016
The Scent of the Tango2016
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame2016
The Divine Comedy2016
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings2016
Lost in Mecca2015
Stray Memories2014
One Hundred Years of Solitude2014
The Satanic Verses1988
Zorba the Greek2016
The Forty Rules of Love2016
19842016
Source: Verboten, built on the banned-books.org Open Censorship Core (CC BY 4.0). Verboten compilation CC BY 4.0.