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The Social Responsibilities Round Table works to make ALA more democratic and to establish progressive priorities not only for the Association, but also for the entire profession. Concern for human and economic rights was an important element in the founding of SRRT and remains an urgent concern today. SRRT believes that libraries and librarians must recognize and help solve social problems and inequities in order to carry out their mandate to work for the common good and bolster democracy.

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  • 1.  Publishers for Palestine's Read Palestine Week

    Posted Nov 28, 2023 01:59 PM

    Hi Everyone,

    With SRRT's resolution and ongoing conversations about Gaza, I wanted to share that Publishers for Palestine have organized a "Read Palestine" week.

    Beginning tomorrow (11/29), various publishers will be offering books for free download from November 29 to December 5. All titles will be available through their website listed below. There are 30+ educational and fictional titles on the list across 9 languages. Multiple are award winners. 

    - LitHub's write-up on the week is available here: https://lithub.com/read-palestine-week-begins-tomorrow-and-you-can-read-these-titles-for-free/

    - Publishers for Palestine website with book downloads beginning 11/29 is available here: Join #ReadPalestine Week: November 29 - December 5, 2023

    - Read Palestine week is also culminating with a virtual talk organized by Librarians and Archivists with Palestine. This will feature Dr. Rashid Khalidi and Sim Kern. Khalidi will be discussing his latest book, The Hundred Years' War on Palestine (2020). Link + registration available here: Author Meets BookTok: Sim Kern and Rashid Khalidi on "The Hundred Years' War on Palestine".

    Sharing in case it is of interest to you, your colleagues, or patrons.

    Best,

    Lucy



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    Lucy Flamm
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    Cambridge Public Library
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  • 2.  RE: Publishers for Palestine's Read Palestine Week

    Posted Nov 28, 2023 09:55 PM
    I'd like to recommend a book for Read Palestine week: This Is Not a Border: Reportage & Reflection from the Palestine Festival of Literature, Edited by Ahdaf Soueif & Omar Robert Hamilton (NY: Bloomsbury, 2017). The opening essay by Palestine's national poet Mahmoud Darwish was written for attendees at the first PalFest just a few months before his death in 2008. He says,

    "Dear Friends,
      I regret that I cannot be here today, to receive you personally.
          Welcome to this sorrowing land, whose liteerary image is so much more beautiful than its present reality."

    Among the contributors are Chinua Achebe, J. M. Coetzee, Claire Messud, and Alice Walker.
    Writers from Alice Walker to Michael Ondaatje to Claire Messud share their thoughts on one of the most vital gatherings of writers and readers in the world.The Palestine Festival of Literature was established in 2008 by authors Ahdaf Soueif, Brigid Keenan, Victoria...

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