On the same issue: “Why Arab countries need them”; “Allah’s Christians and Mediterranean civilisation”; Multiculturalism, Politics and Conflicting Values; “We are not going, because Israel violates human rights”

On the same Region: Frankfurt Book Fair, October 15th - Tariq Ramadan and Nina zu Furstenberg; Rome, Italy 2006 - Taming Fundamentalism; Rabat, Morocco 2006 - Philosophy; Rome, Italy - Eliseo Differences 2006/07; Istanbul, Turkey 2007 - Philosophy

On my non-participation

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Jamil Hilal

Dear Resetdoc,

In an interview with Ernesto Ferrero posted on your website, the director of the Turin Book Fair 2008 mentions that I had been invited to the fair, but declines to state that I strongly rejected the invitation. In no way would I take part in an event which legitimises Israel's settler-colonial occupation, and the repression of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip; least of all on an occasion which marks the dispossession and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian people.

Best
Jamil Hilal

17 Mar 2008

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