Vol. 71/No. 39      October 22, 2007

The books are translations of the Pathfinder Press book with the same title. They both contain an introduction by Mary-Alice Waters, the two declarations, photos, a chronology, glossary, and index.

The Arabic translation was done through international collaboration of volunteers in Beirut and Athens.

Visits to five bookstores near the American University of Beirut netted orders for 21 copies of the Arabic edition. One bookstore ordered six Pathfinder titles in English. Sawt ash-Shaab (Voice of the People), the Beirut radio station of the Communist Party of Lebanon, interviewed Natasha Terlexis, president of Diethnes Vima, about the book.

Eight bookstores in central Athens have ordered 41 copies of the Greek edition, as well as 19 other Diethnes Vima titles. Volunteers plan to visit bookstores in Athens as well as in northern Greece and the Peloponnesus this fall.

Volunteers in Athens set up large book tables featuring the new books at two separate pre-election rallies of several thousand each. Some 25 books in Greek, English, and Spanish were sold, including 5 copies of The First and Second Declarations of Havana.

The table displayed two large posters of the covers of the Greek and Arabic books. The Arabic poster attracted a number of immigrant youth and workers from Syria, Iraq, and Egypt. Two left their addresses and phone numbers in order to purchase the Arabic title.

A book launch for the two new books has been set for October 21 in Athens. Speakers include Hermes Herrera Hernández, Cuban ambassador to Greece; Kostas Toumasatos, president of the Greek-Cuban Friendship Association; and Terlexis.

The meeting is hosted by the Cuban Embassy and Diethnes Vima. It will feature a photo exhibit on the events surrounding the declarations. Snacks and drinks will be available at the reception. (For information, see page 3 calendar.)  
 
 
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