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Nelly in VIBE Magazine 2001 issue. Photographed by Anthony Mandler. Written by Tony Green.

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By Madeleine Kearns

Fallout After “Zionist” Canceled from Author Panel

On Tuesday, my colleague Joe Nocera reported on a troubling incident at a book festival in upstate New York. Author Elisa Albert was slated to chair a panel at the festival, but the event was canceled after the two other participants refused to appear alongside a “Zionist.” Today, Joe reports on the latest fallout from the row: 

Aisha Abdel Gawad is not having a good week. In the days since her refusal to take part in a panel at a book festival over the weekend because the moderator, Elisa Albert, was a Zionist, she claims (without offering proof) that she had become “the target of a campaign of intimidation, defamation and death threats.” 

At the Greenwich Academy in Connecticut, where Gawad teaches high school English, the school circled the wagons, sending an email to parents defending her—and including a statement Gawad wrote insisting that she opposes antisemitism—and she dropped out of the panel only because “it did not feel like a productive forum for me.” (Quick reminder: The topic the panelists were supposed to address was “Girls Coming of Age.”)

But the Greenwich Academy also added that it would “continue to monitor the situation” and “respond accordingly” if new information came to light. The Free Press has learned that the academy took another step that has not been reported: It called recent graduates to ask them about Gawad’s English classes.

In addition to her day job at the Greenwich Academy, Gawad had also recently been named a writer-in-residence at the Wilton Library in Wilton, Connecticut. After reports of the controversy at the book festival emerged, officials in Wilton, including the library’s executive director Caroline Mandler, received some 2,000 emails from citizens upset about Gawad’s residency, which includes a $30,000 stipend. 

“Ms. Mandler,” the email read in part, “will you put up a sign on her office door to warn ‘Zionists’ to stay away? Will you ban books that offend her? Should Jewish patrons wear yellow stars lest she accidentally speak to a ‘Zionist’?”

Late Wednesday afternoon, Mandler announced that after a meeting of the library’s board, Gawad would no longer be its writer in residence. The library’s press release noted that because she had only started on September 4, she hadn’t had time to direct any programs. 

Presumably, she hadn’t had time to collect the $30,000 either.

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Degrede Crescent Cuff In 18k Gold and 3.25 CTW Diamonds by Lizzie Mandler

Retail Price: $19,600.00

Photo Courtesy: Lizzie Mandler

Source: jckonline.com

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Disturbia (2008)

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Devon Aoki. 2003

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Heath Ledger photographed by Anthony Mandler for Flaunt Magazine, 2002

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Tropico (2013) dir. Anthony Mandler

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Outkast for SPIN Magazine, Mar. 2001. Photographed by Anthony Mandler.

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Beck in Flaunt Magazine Spring 2005

Photos by Anthony Mandler

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One Of A Kind Link Bracelet In 18k Yellow Gold With A Bi-Color Tourmaline by Lizzie Mandler

Photo Courtesy: Lizzie Mandler

Source: jckonline.com

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Tropico (2013)

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P Diddy for Muzik Magazine, ph. Anthony Mandler [2003]