Plans to publish a tourist guide to Holland in Arabic that would have omitted places of Jewish interests, such as the Anne Frank House, have been abandoned by the would-be publisher, Ibrahim Farouk. A flood of protests greeted his announcement, in an interview in the daily Het Parool, that Jewish sites would not be listed because they would offend the wealthy Arab visitors for whom the guide was intended. Farouk, who heads the “Arabesk” publishing firm, said he was no longer interested in the project and would advise prospective Arab tourists not to visit Holland.
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