Summary
Egyptian officials have raided two prominent cultural venues -- a popular art gallery and a publishing house.
Officials raided the Townhouse Gallery last Monday (28 December) night, searching the venue for about three hours, two workers in the gallery told The Associated Press Wednesday.
The seven officials who initially conducted the raid introduced themselves as being from the censorship authority.
Townhouse outreach director Yasser Gerab told the AP Wednesday that none of the officials were from the security agency and that all the issues the officials raised were administrative in nature.
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