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| A Small Reason For Hope: Israeli Books Become Hot Commodity In Arab World |
| 2014-06-16 |
| [Ynet] Culture succeeds where politics has failed: Books written by Israelis are translated into Arabic, sold and read in Iran, Pakistain and Leb, while publishers from hostile countries develop warm relations. An Israeli, a Persian, a Pak and a Lebanese meet at a fair. This may sound like the start of the joke, but it's completely real and it has been happening for several years now at international book fairs around the world. These meetings have a clear and quite surprising outcome: Books written by Israelis are sold and read in Iran, Leb and Pakistain. |
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