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The Israeli authorities finally backed down and Munther is staying in his home. We forced them to acknowledge that this cultural pillar cannot be erased. Keep your eyes open because we are not done watching their tactics.

June 8, 2011

Help Munther Fahmi

Help Munther Fahmi

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Started by Anonymous 15 years, 4 months ago
We are signing this petition in support of Munther Fahmi's right to continue to live in East Jerusalem and not be deported by Israeli authorities. Munther is the founder and owner of the Bookshop at the American Colony Hotel in Jerusalem, a cornerstone of cultural life in Jerusalem. He offers an incredibly wide range of titles and fights to maintain a small but vital space of free and independent thought and debate. He is being threatened with imminent deportation. I am signing this petition to assert Munther Fahmi's right to live and work in Jerusalem, the city of his birth.

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Reached 2,500 supporters

April 20, 2011

April 19, 2011

The Israeli authorities think they can quietly erase a pillar of our community while the world looks away. I am spending every waking moment fighting this deportation and the silence from those in power is a disgrace. Do not let Munther be forced from his own home.

Reached 1,000 supporters

March 23, 2011

Reached 100 supporters

March 20, 2011

8 Comments

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Ruth Pluznick
1 year ago Featured

This is a wonderful bookstore! we were introduced to books that helped us to understand the complexities of personal and political life in Palestine/Israel.

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Yousef Navarro
15 years ago Featured

He is home. Dont take him away from his shop.

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Mark Salazar
15 years ago Featured

Jerusalem needs more independent thinkers like Munther not fewer. This is just wrong.

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Elena Klein
15 years ago Featured

BEST bookstore in the city. Always find the best books there. PLS let him stay!!!

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David Shaw
15 years ago Featured

Ridiculous that they would even try to push him out. He belongs here.

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Sarah Park
15 years ago Featured

Munther is a legend. The shop is the heart of the colony and Jerusalem wouldnt be the same without him.

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Daniel Bogue
1 year ago

Important bookstore for all Israelis and Palestinians

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Lars Helgeby
9 years ago

Bloody Israelis!

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