Sally Rooney: On the Record

Novelist Sally Rooney declined to have her work translated by an Israeli publisher, citing the cultural boycott.

On the record

• 2021 — Declined to let an Israeli publisher translate her novel into Hebrew, citing support for the cultural boycott of Israel. [Al Jazeera]

Where Galil stands

Our opinion: Of all the world’s governments, she chose the Jewish state as the one whose readers shouldn’t get her book in their language. We don’t stand with that.

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