Comment on Palestinian Australian author dropped from writers' festival after Bondi
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 6 days agoThe statement from the Adelaide Festival board says that it’s because of “past statements” by Abdel-Fattah, though they don’t cite anything or even mention the nature of these statements. So it’s not explicitly because Abdel-Fattah’s ethnicity.
Taleya@aussie.zone 6 days ago
they don’t need to, it was pretty loud news
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 6 days ago
She was cleared of wrongdoing and the suspension of the grant was lifted, btw:
theguardian.com/…/pro-palestine-academic-randa-ab…
Taleya@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Cheers. Can still understand why they bumped her quietly in the climate though. Not saying I agree, but I can see the politics behind it.
zero_gravitas@aussie.zone 6 days ago
Well they haven’t been able to do it “quietly”. They’ve lost at least 24 speakers so far, and a sponsor: theguardian.com/…/adelaide-festival-boycott-pro-p…