The writer has refused to sell Hebrew translation rights to her latest novel Beautiful World, Where Are You due to her stance on the Israel-Palestine conflict
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Sally Rooney turns down Israeli translation on political grounds Who Was Edward Said? Biographically Interpreted and Existentially Recollected [Prefatory Note: This post is an edited text of Remarks on 30 June 2021 at the opening on the Book Launch of Timothy Brennan’s Launch of Timothy Brennan’s PLACES OF MIND: A LIFE OF EDWARD SAID (2021), an event under the auspices of the Cambridge Centre of Palestinian Studies, moderated by its director, Dr. Makram Khoury-Machool. Also participating in the discussion of Professor Brennan’s book Prof. As’ad Abu Khali and Dr. Kamal Khalef Al-Tawll.]
Israel denies COVID vaccine to Palestinian student at Tel Aviv University The student, who lives in the West Bank, was barred from receiving a vaccine after traveling for hours to the university for a campus-wide vaccination drive.
Nothing Can Be Changed Until It Is Faced As artists, academics, writers and cultural workers who live in Germany and/or work with German cultural institutions, we welcome the joint initiative “GG 5.3. Weltoffenheit,” announced by a broad coalition of prominent German cultural institutions in Berlin on 10 December 2020.
The (...)Statement from the NYU-AAUP on Zoom Censorship Statement from the American Association of University Professors New York University Chapter (NYU-AAUP) Executive Committee (10/23/2020)
Zoom, Facebook and YouTube Censor SF State Palestine Class Three tech giants censored an online class featuring Palestinian, Black, Jewish and South African activists at San Francisco State University today, after pro-Israel advocacy groups complained.
The open classroom event “Whose Narratives?: Gender, Justice & Resistance” featured Palestinian (...)From science to classical music, Israel clamps down on Palestinian culture The last months have seen Israel crack down on cultural figures and intellectuals in the occupied territories. Critics say the attacks are part of a larger strategy of suppressing Palestinian civil society.
Sadistic Facebook shuts down Gaza health ministry page Update
After The Electronic Intifada reported on the removal of the Gaza health ministry’s page, Facebook restored it.
Iain Levine, the company’s human rights officer, confirmed that on Wednesday afternoon.
“Thank you for bringing this issue to my attention,” Levine tweeted in response to the writer of this article.
“We were able to immediately restore the page, which was taken down in error. We apologize for any inconvenience caused.”
Levine also gave an assurance that safeguards had been put in place to ensure it would not happen again.
Demand an end to the harassment of Palestinian scientists and academics and an immediate release of prof. Imad Barghouthi The viral emergency in Palestine How has the pandemic made itself felt in Palestine? S C Molavi and Eyal Weizman, of Forensic Architecture, look at how Israel has used the coronavirus crisis in order to further consolidate its regime of surveillance and domination against Palestinians.