The 28th Book Fair, will run in Paris from the 14th to the 19th of march in Paris. This year, Isreali literature is highlighted: that’s why lots of muslim governments have decided to boycott, this year, Paris Book Show.
Liban, Algéria, Tunisia, Palestinia, Egypt, Jordania, Iran, Yemen, Arabie Saoudite and Yemen protest because they are opposed to Irsraeli government who have censured some literary texts written in arab.
Moreover, they disagree with the choice of French organizers to invit as a special guest Shimon Peres. This last has made an opening of this 28th edition of Paris Book Show last friday (the 14th).
By this way, France pays tribute to Israeli Birthday of creation, 60 years ago.
Mohamed Hafez Yaacoub, a palestinian author, say that France borrow a delicate political position towards Palestine and show to Palestinian people that this country doesn’t care about them.
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