Are calls to cancel two Palestinian writers from Adelaide Writers' Week justified?

  • Written by: Denis Muller, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
Are calls to cancel two Palestinian writers from Adelaide Writers' Week justified?Pictured, left to right: Mohammed El-Kurd, Louise Adler and Susan Abulhawa.

The organisers of the 2023 Adelaide Writers’ Week, which starts on March 4, are under pressure to withdraw invitations to two Palestinian writers: one for her views about Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and the other for his views on Israel and Zionism.

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