Adelaide festival apologises to Randa Abdel-Fattah and invites her to participate in 2027 writers’ week
by Kelly Burke from World news | The Guardian on (#72V55)
Apology comes as former Adelaide festival board member accuses Louise Adler of hypocrisy after she resigned citing free speech concerns
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The new Adelaide festival board has issued a public apology to Palestinian Australian academic Randa Abdel-Fattah, and has promised she will be invited to Adelaide writers' week in 2027.
Abdel-Fattah immediately accepted the apology, posting on Instagram that it was a vindication of our collective solidarity and mobilisation against anti-Palestinian racism, bullying and censorship".
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