Arabic, Farsi, and English Titles Draw Interest at Middle Eastern Studies Conference
Washington, DC — The Pathfinder Press booth attracted participants from Algeria, Afghanistan, Denmark, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Oman, Qatar, U.S., and elsewhere, at the Middle Eastern Studies Association conference here Nov. 22-25. Some 1,900 academics and students took part in over 300 workshops and panel discussions.
“These are interesting books for sure,” said one participant. Many wanted to talk about the major political questions of the day and learn more about a working-class approach to resolving the growing crisis of capitalism. Several walked away with more than one book.
The prominently displayed books in Arabic and Farsi were a particular attraction. One student bought copies of Women’s Liberation and the African Freedom Struggle by Thomas Sankara in both English and Arabic.
An Israeli Palestinian from the West Bank purchased a copy of The Jewish Question: A Marxist Interpretation as a gift for a friend.
Titles on the Cuban Revolution were of interest. A student from Hong Kong studying at New York University’s Abu Dhabi campus, grabbed up Our History is Still Being Written: The Story of Three Chinese Cuban Generals in the Cuban Revolution, first in English, and then in Mandarin, for her mother. She said her grandfather was Chinese Cuban and a combatant in the Cuban Revolution.
Photo credit: Ruth Nebbia
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