FIRST-EVER LAUNCH OF 18 BOOKS ON THE HOLOCAUST IN ARABIC AND PERSIAN
FIRST-EVER LAUNCH OF 18 BOOKS ON THE HOLOCAUST
IN ARABIC AND PERSIAN
Round-table at Frankfurt International Book Fair
Knowledge of Holocaust history as a means of promoting intercultural rapprochement?
Press release… for immediate release
On October 13, 2011, at Frankfurt International Book Fair, the Aladdin Project will launch the paperback and digital editions of eighteen books on the Holocaust translated into Arabic and Persian.
On this occasion, a roundtable discussion will be moderated by Dr. Michel Friedman, a German lawyer and talk show host, in the presence of:
- Prof. Abdou Filali-Ansary, Moroccan philosopher and author
- Tarik Günersel, poet, playwright, translator, member of PEN Int'l Board and President of Turkish PEN Centre
- Dr. Ghodsi Hejazi, author, professor and researcher at Frankfurt University
- Serge and Beate Klarsfeld, Association of Daughters and Sons of French deportees
- Claude Lanzmann, filmmaker and author
- Anne-Marie Revcolevschi, president of the Aladdin Project
A FRESH APPROACH
The Aladdin Project is an independent international organization based in Paris. Launched under the patronage of UNESCO in March 2009, its objective is to promote intercultural rapprochement, particularly between Jews and Muslims, on the basis of mutual knowledge, respect for historical truth and rejection of conflicts of memory. A culture of dialogue and peace, founded on inclusion, mutual recognition and respect, is a key contributing factor to overcome conflict and extremism. It is thus of major importance to give access to reliable historical and cultural information.
Press contact: Julia Chardavoine
The Aladdin Project
8, rue de Prague – 75012 Paris
Tel : +33 (0)1 43 07 25 76
Fax : +33 (0)1 43 07 73 27
jchardavoine@projetaladin.org
Major works on Holocaust history are now accessible in Arabic and Persian via the Internet and in paperback:
- The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
- If This Is a Man by Primo Levi
- Sonderkommando by Shlomo Venezia
- Hitler and the Jews by Philippe Burrin
- The Destruction of the European Jews by Raul Hilberg
- The Last Jew of Treblinka (1942-1943) by Chil Rajchman
- Shoah by Claude Lanzmann
- The Final Solution: A Genocide by Donald Bloxham
- Shoah: Impossible Oblivion by Anne Grynberg
FIRST OF A KIND
In a groundbreaking arrangement with authors and publishers, Aladdin Online Library offers free download of the entire books. The Aladdin project is working with book distributors and publishers in different countries to arrange the sale of affordable paperback editions in the Middle East and North Africa.
A series of books on issues related to Jewish-Muslim relations will be added to the collection in due course. At the same time, the Aladdin Project plans to publish books in English and French that would give Western readers a better understanding of Muslim societies and cultures.
