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Raja Shehadeh

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Raja Shehadeh

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1951-07-06 （Ramallah）
Nationality
Palestinian
Languages
Arabic, English
Religion
Christianity
Residence History
Ramallah

Career

Occupations
lawyer, human rights activist, writer
Active Years
1979-2025
Affiliations
Al-Haq
Memberships
Royal Society of Literature International Writer
Nominations
2023 National Book Award for Nonfiction Finalist, Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist

Education

Birzeit University
English literature
Country: Palestine
Attended for two years
American University of Beirut
English literature
Country: Lebanon
University of Law
Law
Country: United Kingdom

Awards

Orwell Prize
2008
Work: Palestinian Walks
Organization: Orwell Foundation
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Palestinian Walks

2007 Essay

Notes on walks through vanishing Palestinian landscapes under occupation.

Palestinian occupationloss of landscapewalking

Strangers in the House

2002 Memoir

Memoir of coming of age in occupied Palestine and relationship with father.

familyidentityoccupation

Bibliography

  • The West Bank and the Rule of Law (1980)
  • The Third Way (1982)
  • Samed (1984)
  • Occupier's Law (1988)
  • Strangers in the House (2002)
  • Palestinian Walks (2007)
  • A Rift In Time (2010)
  • Occupation Diaries (2012)
  • Language of War, Language of Peace (2015)
  • Where the Line is Drawn (2017)
  • We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I (2022)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
personal memoir stylepolitical essay
Recurring Motifs
Palestinian occupationfamily memorychanging landscapes

Legacy

Renowned Palestinian writer, lawyer, and human rights activist, co-founder of Al-Haq.