Officers walk in to Palestinian National Theatre in east Jerusalem and order it to be closed on opening night of literary event
Rory McCarthy in Jerusalem
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 24 May 2009
"Armed Israeli police last night tried to halt the opening night of a prominent Palestinian literary festival in Jerusalem when they ordered a Palestinian theatre to close.
Rory McCarthy in Jerusalem
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 24 May 2009
"Armed Israeli police last night tried to halt the opening night of a prominent Palestinian literary festival in Jerusalem when they ordered a Palestinian theatre to close.
The week-long festival, supported by the British council and Unesco, has brought several high-profile international authors – among them Henning Mankell, Michael Palin and Ahdaf Soueif – on a speaking tour of Jerusalem and the West Bank.......
Israeli police were deployed on the street outside.
"We're so taken aback. It's is completely, completely independent," Egyptian novelist Soueif, who is chairing the Palestine Festival of Literature, said.
"I think it's very telling," she told the crowd at the French centre. "Our motto, which is taken from the late Edward Said, is to pit the power of culture against the culture of power."....."
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