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Randa Abdel-Fattah: How Adelaide Writers' Week Imploded After Axing Palestinian Author
About 50 authors, including Jacinda Ardern, withdrew from Adelaide Festival after barring Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, sparking resignations and debate over antisemitism and free speech.
- Last Thursday the Adelaide Festival board disinvited Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, Palestinian-Australian author, saying it was not culturally sensitive so soon after the Bondi Beach shooting.
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday he would recall parliament next week to pass tougher hate speech laws and last week announced a Royal Commission into antisemitism and social cohesion.
- Around 50 authors have withdrawn from the festival and more than 70 participants, including author Zadie Smith, joined the boycott, with Jacinda Ardern also withdrawing on Monday.
- On Monday, the Adelaide Festival announced three board members and the chairperson had resigned, while Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah described the decision as anti-Palestinian racism and her lawyers issued a letter to the festival.
- New South Wales premier Chris Minns announced rules allowing councils to target hate preachers, with Fairfield mayor criticising the responsibility, saying `Freedom of speech is something that should always be allowed, as long as it is done in a peaceful way`.
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Adelaide Art Festival chose to "do not advance" with Randa Abdel-Fattah's participation in the event, because it would not be "culturally appropriate" after the December attack.
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