Ian McEwan

Umberto Eco in Jerusalem Today: Photo: Yossi Gurvitz
Umberto Eco does not understand the cultural boycott
Everywhere you look the boycott debate is in the news. Last week, acclaimed British writer Ian McEwan captured headlines for refusing Palestinian calls to boycott the 2011 Jerusalem Book Festival. Instead, McEwan accepted this year’s award with a sharp speech denouncing Israeli behavior towards the Palestinians and visited the weekly Shiekh Jarrah demonstration. Today, the…
By Joseph Dana February 24, 2011
Israeli Activist Crash Ian McEwan's Speech in Jerusalem Photo: Guy Batvia
Great-grandson of S.Y Agnon to McEwan: Don’t shake hands with apartheid
Israeli activists from the Boycott From Within disrupted an event with British author Ian McEwan this evening in Jerusalem. McEwan, the recipient of this year’s Jerusalem Prize for Literature, was asked by Israeli and Palestinian activists to boycott the prize and not ‘whitewash’ Israeli violations of international law in the West Bank, Gaza and East…
By Joseph Dana February 22, 2011
Novelist Ian McEwan plays for both teams in East Jerusalem
The British author visited the Sheikh Jarrah protest – but also intends to receive the Jerusalem Prize for Literature from the patron of the city’s settlers, mayor Nir Barkat The celebrated British author Ian McEwan joined today the weekly protest in the neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, where Palestinian families have been evacuated from their homes…
By Noam Sheizaf February 18, 2011
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