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Strangers in the House: Coming of Age in Occupied Palestine
Raja Shehadeh
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Description for Strangers in the House: Coming of Age in Occupied Palestine
Paperback. Raja Shehadeh was born into a successful Palestinian family. When the state of Israel was formed in 1948 the family were driven out to the provincial town of Ramallah. In 1985 his father was stabbed to death. This book recounts his troubled and complex relationship with his father and his experience of exile - of being a stranger in his own land. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; BM; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 224.
Raja Shehadeh was born into a successful Palestinian family with a beautiful house overlooking the Mediterranean. When the state of Israel was formed in 1948 the family were driven out to the provincial town of Ramallah. There Shehadeh grew up in the shadow of his father, a leading civil rights lawyer. He vowed not to become involved in politics or law but inevitably did so and became an important activist himself. In 1985 his father was stabbed to death. The Israeli police failed to investigate the murder properly and Shehadeh, by then a lawyer, set about solving the ... Read more
Raja Shehadeh was born into a successful Palestinian family with a beautiful house overlooking the Mediterranean. When the state of Israel was formed in 1948 the family were driven out to the provincial town of Ramallah. There Shehadeh grew up in the shadow of his father, a leading civil rights lawyer. He vowed not to become involved in politics or law but inevitably did so and became an important activist himself. In 1985 his father was stabbed to death. The Israeli police failed to investigate the murder properly and Shehadeh, by then a lawyer, set about solving the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
238
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846682506
SKU
V9781846682506
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About Raja Shehadeh
Raja Shehadeh is Palestine's leading writer. He is also a lawyer and the founder of the pioneering Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq. Shehadeh was a National Book Award finalist in 2023 and is the author of several acclaimed books published by Profile, including the Orwell Prize-winning Palestinian Walks. He lives in Ramallah.
Reviews for Strangers in the House: Coming of Age in Occupied Palestine
A sad, dignified book. Shehadeh writes with great clarity and simplicity, but no bitterness, more in sorrow than in anger about the unhappy history of his family and country.
Independent
A remarkable human document that explains better than a hundred political treatises why there is still no peace in the Middle East
Amos Elon A book with ... Read more
Independent
A remarkable human document that explains better than a hundred political treatises why there is still no peace in the Middle East
Amos Elon A book with ... Read more