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Ahmed Naji celebrates the release of his book, Rotten Evidence, with Daniel Gumbiner on Thursday, October 19th at 9th Ave! In February 2016, Naji was sentenced to two years in prison for “violating public modesty,” after an excerpt of his novel Using Life reportedly caused a reader to experience heart palpitations. Naji ultimately served 10 months of that sentence, in Cairo’s Tora Prison. Rotten Evidence is a chronicle of those months.