"If Adania Shibli’s case tells us one thing, it’s that performative ignorance and avoidance on the issue of Israel-Palestine will not help us to dodge difficult questions about our own family histories for ever. Neither will it help to prevent present-day antisemitism"
Hanno Hauenstein on The Frankfurt book fair’s cancelling of an award ceremony for Palestinian author Adania Shibli.
More than 1,000 sign open letter decrying cancellation of German event for Palestinian author
An open letter released Monday morning and signed by more than 1,000 writers and publishers decried the decision of literary association Litprom to cancel a celebration for an award-winning Palestinian author at the Frankfurt Book Fair in the aftermath of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israeli citizens. The letter also asked that the fair — one of the largest publishing conventions in the world, which runs Wednesday through Sunday — reinstate events surrounding Adania Shibli.