BRICUP has supported a letter an open letter to leading author Ian
McEwan organised by
British Writers in Support of Palestine and published in the Guardian. The
letter signed by John Berger, China Miéville and others says ”
We deeply regret the decision of Ian McEwan to accept this corrupt and
cynical honour (I will accept Jerusalem prize, says McEwan, 20 January).
McEwan believes that the Jerusalem book fair, which awards the prize,
represents a blameless civil society. In fact, the fair is organised
by the Jerusalem municipality, a key institution of the Israeli state
and a major instrument in the illegal colonisation of East Jerusalem.”
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the letter
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letter: Ian McEwan can’t escape the politics
Indian
letter McEwan
Italian
letter to McEwan
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protest in front of McEwan
Israeli Boycott from
Within McEwan flyer