My monthly column for the UK outlet, Middle East Eye: In early January, the board of the Adelaide Festival in Australia sent a letter to Palestinian author Randa Abdel-Fattah to convey a shocking decision. A longtime critic of Israel, Abdel-Fattah was told her inclusion in the forthcoming Adelaide Writers’ Week would apparently be “culturally insensitive”.…
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The Antony Loewenstein Podcast: Randa Abdel-Fattah on Palestine, Australia, and Silence
The latest episode of my weekly podcast is an interview with Palestinian-Australian writer and academic Randa Abdel-Fattah where we discuss silencing, visiting Palestine and increasing censorship.
