BY TOPIC: Raja Shehadeh

Raja Shehadeh is one of Palestine’s leading writers. He is also a lawyer and the founder of the pioneering Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq. Shehadeh is the author of several acclaimed books including Strangers in the House; Occupation Diaries; the Orwell Prize–winning Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape, and We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I, a finalist for the 2023 National Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. In 2022, he was named an International Writer of the Royal Society of Literature. He lives in Ramallah, Palestine.

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“Moment of Truth: Tackling Israel-Palestine’s Toughest Questions” edited by Jamie Stern-Weiner, featuring a chapter by Sam [Recommended]

by Sam Bahour | February 21, 2018 | Books

Moment of Truth: Tackling Israel-Palestine’s Toughest Questions seeks to clarify what it would take to resolve the Israel-Palestine conflict, to assess the prospects of doing so, and to illuminate what is possible in Palestine. It assembles an unprecedented wealth of expertise-encompassing political leaders, preeminent scholars, and dedicated activists from Israel, Palestine, and abroad-in direct critical exchange on the issues at the heart of the world’s most intractable conflict.

Kingdom of Olives and Ash: Writers Confront the Occupation [Recommended]

by Sam Bahour | June 2, 2017 | Books

Proud to have contributed in several ways to this book project. Actually, it’s much more than a book project as you will see by who the authors are and what their riveting stories reveal.

“Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Disappearing Landscape” by Raja Shehadeh [Book Review]

by James Zogby | July 19, 2008 | Books

The simple things in life, like one’s relation to a landscape, are what are being effaced by the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Raja Shehadeh is one of Palestine’s leading writers. He is also a lawyer and the founder of the pioneering Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq. “Raja Shehadeh’s Palestinian Walks provides a rare historical insight into the tragic changes taking place in Palestine.” – Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter.