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Israeli Translation of Egyptian Novel Infuriates Author


(AFP) The translation into Hebrew of Egypt's hit novel The Yacoubian Building by the Israel/Palestine Center for Research and Information (IPCRI) has infuriated its author, Alaa al-Aswany, who supports a cultural boycott of the Jewish state. "What the center and the translator did is piracy and theft, and I will be complaining to the International Publishers' Association," he said. "My position has not changed regarding normalization with Israel. I reject it completely." Egypt became the first Arab state to sign a peace treaty with Israel in 1979, but virtually all of its artists and intellectuals continue to boycott the Jewish state.
2010-10-29 09:01:17
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