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"The Israel-Gaza conflict loomed over the Sydney writers’ festival long before
it opened its doors at Carriageworks last week.
In February, the chair of the festival board, Kathy Shand, resigned over her
concerns about some of the programming related to Gaza and Israel.
Robert Watkins, who replaced Shand as chair, promised the festival would
present “a plurality of voices [and] a diversity of thought” including “both
Jewish and Palestinian writers and thought leaders”.
Guardian Australia attended a number of events related to the conflict to see
how the writers’ festival covered the ongoing death and destruction,
antisemitism, Islamophobia and the feelings of different communities being
rejected and sidelined."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
