There have been many film festivals in the region for decades now in Cairo & Marrakesh. And Censorship was never an issue.
Maybe the people at DTFF are testing the waters. and will go without censoring in the upcoming years.
Maybe DTFF didn't want to create a controversial first year & have a bad hype among the locals.

Some of you complain that there are no cultural activities in the Country. Well, here it is

Maybe first wait till the opening before criticizing them