Bat Ye'or
Gisèle Littman (born 1933), better known by her pen name Bat Ye'or (Hebrew: בת יאור, Daughter of the Nile) is an Egyptian-born British-French author, who promotes the Eurabia conspiracy theory in her writings about modern Europe, in which she argues that Islam, anti-Americanism and antisemitism hold sway over European culture and politics.
Gisèle Littman | |
|---|---|
| Born | Gisèle Orebi 1933 (age 90–91) Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt |
| Pen name | Bat Ye'or (Hebrew: בת יאור) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | British, French |
| Alma mater | University College London University of Geneva |
| Notable works | The Decline of Eastern Christianity (French: 1991, English: 1996) Islam and Dhimmitude: Where Civilizations Collide (2001) Eurabia: The Euro-Arab Axis (2005) |
Ye'or has also written about the history of Christian and Jewish religious minorities living under Islamic governments, as part of which Ye'or has popularised the term dhimmitude to define the treatment of religious minorities in such contexts.
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