Abbas sent me this: "I'm not sure if you've heard of this project called the Great Book Robbery.
It's by Dutch-Israeli filmmaker Benny Brunner who has started an initiative
to collect all the historical books that were confiscated from the homes of
Palestinian families during the Nakba and given to Israeli libraries, which
list them as 'abandoned property'. Some of these books go back hundreds of
years. The idea is to re-publish these books to make them available to Arabs
and initiate legal action to retrieve the books. Here's more on the aims of
the project:
The website is / and Al Jazeera has done a documentary on them". Support here.
The website is / and Al Jazeera has done a documentary on them". Support here.
