{"id":468364,"date":"2018-02-28T08:50:45","date_gmt":"2018-02-28T08:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/28\/fadi-dabbousi-launches-new-book-59-dark-hours-a-free-speech-campaign\/"},"modified":"2018-02-28T08:50:45","modified_gmt":"2018-02-28T08:50:45","slug":"fadi-dabbousi-launches-new-book-59-dark-hours-a-free-speech-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/28\/fadi-dabbousi-launches-new-book-59-dark-hours-a-free-speech-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Fadi Dabbousi launches new book \u201959 Dark Hours \u2013 A Free Speech Campaign\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Wednesday, 28 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>www.ghanaweb.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-28<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/29299242.295.jpg\" alt=\"Fadi Daboussi   Red Book1\" title=\"Fadi Daboussi   Red Book1\" width=\"295\" height=\"195\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Fadi Dabbousi<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519807845_576_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Prolific writer, Fadi Dabbousi has launched yet another fiery book, titled \u201959 Dark Hours \u2013 A free speech campaign\u2019, detailing his grueling experience at the hands the Bureau of National Intelligence (BNI) when he was arrested in 2016.  <\/p>\n<p>It is a sequel to his \u201859 years to nowhere\u2019, a political book which reflected on Ghana several years after independence and suggested solutions to the country&#8217;s woes after 59 years of independence.  <\/p>\n<p>The book was outdoored at the British Council in Accra on Tuesday, February 27 and is focused on championing free speech in the country.  <\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the launch, Mr. Dabbousi said that the inspiration to write the book had been borne out of a desire to voice the extreme \u2018dirtiness\u2019 of the 2016 elections and supposed vilification of the personality of President Akufo Addo when he was still just a flagbearer of the NPP.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe last straw to break the camel\u2019s back was the nauseating feature article in Steve Mallory\u2019s Africa Watch magazine. It was disgraceful, it was downright filthy and despicable.\u201d he stated.  <\/p>\n<p>According to him, the actual events of the detention transpired over 62 hours but he needed the new title to complement his previous book and shortened the time three hours to fit the title.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZNIu0O6DXgo\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>  <\/p>\n<p>The launch was attended largely by prominent NPP members and state officials including Hassan Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), former organiser of the NPP, Laud Commey, and Head of the National Identification Authority Professor Ken Attafuah.  <\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the launch was Dr Kingsley Nyarko, Executive Director of the Danquah Institute.  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