#randaabdelfattah — Public Fediverse posts
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Will the Cambridge Literary Festival reschedule her appearance, or have to issue an apology like Adelaide's?
https://theblower.au/@bignose/115896838301719293
@DropBear @bookstodon#RandaAbdelFattah #CambridgeLiteraryFestival #AdelaideFestival
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@DropBear 😞
"the Cambridge Literary Festival is programming a session titled ‘Truth, Courage and Fiction’ as part of its upcoming winter programme. I hope that ‘truth and courage’ are not simply another form of performative grandstanding. I hope the Festival will choose principle over posturing and follow through with my session at an alternative venue."
https://www.thecanary.co/uncategorized-en/2026/09/04/cambridge-literry-festival/ -
This is another form of Strategic lawsuit against public participation ( #SLAPP ) — a lawsuit or other legal harassment designed to intimidate and silence critics, in this case out-funding the author — which precludes the prosecution of defamation cases against #TheRich and the #Powerful. We need more #LawReforms to guard against this kind of miscariage of #Justice IMO.
“Palestinian-Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah says pursuing a defamation case against the SA premier "has proven to carry prohibitive cost and risk".
#MoneyAndJustice #JusticeSystem #AusPol #SAPol #RandaAbdelFattah #WritingCommunity #Palestine #DefamationLawsuit
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Tasmańskie mikrowydawnictwo z jednym tytułem w krótkiej liście nagrody literackiej
Jedyny tom wydany przez nowo powstałe tasmańskie mikrowydawnictwo znalazł się wśród finalistów prestiżowej nagrody literackiej. Na tej samej liście pojawiła się debiutancka powieść autorki australijsko‑palestyńskiej Randa Abdel-Fattah.
https://news.uluru.space/article/2650?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=auto
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Livestream: Mossad not hiding role in Iran violence
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"When the board of a South Australian festival cut a prominent Palestinian Australian author from its lineup, citing her “past statements” in the context of the deadly Bondi terror attack, it no doubt braced itself for controversy.
What it may not have foreseen, however, is an implosion."
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jan/13/an-australian-writers-festival-cut-a-palestinian-author-in-the-wake-of-a-terror-attack-then-the-whole-thing-fell-apart-ntwnfb #RandaAbdelFattah #Palestine #solidarity #Israel #genocide
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"Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has become the latest international headline act to pull out of the 2026 Adelaide writers’ week in protest over the Adelaide festival board’s decision to rescind its invitation to Palestinian-Australian academic Randa Abdel-Fattah."
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jan/12/jacinda-ardern-pulls-out-of-adelaide-writers-week-as-fallout-over-randa-abdel-fattahs-axing-continues-ntwnfb #RandaAbdelFattah #Palestine #solidarity #Israel #genocide
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Adelaide Festival board resigns and Adelaide Writers’ Week cancelled after 180 authors pull out in protest of Zionist board decision to disinvite Palestinian author.
Remember this, if you’re a Zionist: like the Nazis before you, you are committing genocide, you are on the wrong side of history, and – as long as there are people of good moral character and conscience to oppose you – you will not succeed. Your only allies are the MAGAs of the world and those too spineless to stand up to them and to fascism. And your entire movement that conflates support for settler colonialism, apartheid, ethnic cleansing, and genocide with being Jewish is fundamentally antisemitic, an affront to Jews who oppose Zionism, and makes Jews everywhere less safe.
#AWW #AdelaideWritersWeek #RandaAbdelFattah #zionism #israel #settlerColonialism #apartheid #ethnicCleansing #genocide #Gaza #Palestine #StopIsrael #StopZionism #FreePalestine
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Louise Adler resigns as director of Adelaide writers’ week
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jan/13/louise-adler-resigns-as-director-of-adelaide-writers-week-ntwnfbRespect for Louise Adler, and admiration for her sense of integrity.
After the Board overruled her and cancelled Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah’s invitation, she resigned from her position of Director of Adelaide Writers’ Week.
"I cannot be party to silencing writers, so with a heavy heart I am resigning from my role as the director of the AWW."
Speaking as the daughter of Jewish Holocaust survivors, and whose grandfather and extended family were murdered by Nazis, she implores us not to look away from what Israel is doing in Palestine.
"And that it is incumbent upon humanity to look at what is happening in Gaza now and to say, ‘We will not accept this. We will say no, not in our name.’"#AdelaideFestival #AdelaideWritersWeek #AusPol #LouiseAdler #RandaAbdelFattah
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Adelaide writers’ week 2026 cancelled as board apologises to Randa Abdel-Fattah for ‘how decision was represented’ | Adelaide festival | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jan/13/adelaide-writers-week-cancelled-as-board-apologises-to-randa-abdel-fattah-for-how-decision-was-represented-ntwnfb"Adelaide writers’ week 2026 has been cancelled after days of turmoil as more than 180 authors and speakers dropped out in protest of the decision to disinvite the Palestinian Australian author Randa Abdel-Fattah."
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Adelaide Festival board decided last week to rescind an invitation for author Randa Abdel-Fattah to speak at Adelaide Writers' Week. All board members have now resigned and AWW 2026 has been cancelled following more than 180 writers pulling out of the event.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-13/adelaide-writers-week-cancelled-randa-abdel-fattah-controversy/106225170#AdelaideFestival #authors #books #Palestine #RandaAbdelFattah #Solidarity WritersWeek
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Three board members resign from Adelaide festival as Randa Abdel-Fattah sends legal notice | Adelaide festival | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2026/jan/11/three-board-members-resign-from-adelaide-festival-as-randa-abdel-fattah-sends-legal-notice-ntwnfb -
#randaabdelfattah #writersweek #Adelaidefestival #Adelaide #australia #zionism #Malinauskas
Goss;
TLDR; Mali lied.
"Someone in the Palestine coordinating group posted this.
According to an insider I spoke with yesterday evening the line of pressure for axing the WW attendance of Dr Abdel-Fattah came directly from Premier Malinauskas to the AF board.
They failed to resist this demand and accordingly required the WW execs to withdraw the invitation to Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah.
So this means maximum activist pressure must be put on Malinauskas who must be persuaded to agree to the ban being revoked.
Malinauskas was being disingenuous when he said he could not order the AF board to axe the writer even though he approved of it. He may not be able order the axing by decree but he could certainly put an awful lot of pressure of various kinds on the AF board behind the scenes.
The AF board itself might have been quite ready to do his bidding since they are bureaucrats, not artists."
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50 writers boycott Adelaide festival after it dumps pro-Palestine academic Randa Abdel-Fattah
#AdelaideFestival #Boycott #Palestine #RandaAbdelFattah #Solidarity #WritersWeek
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Palestinian author seeks to be reinstated to Adelaide Writers' Week
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-09/sa-palestinian-author-calls-for-apology-over-writers-week-axing/106212878#AdelaideFestival #Authors #Palestine #RandaAbdelFattah #Solidarity #WritersWeek