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We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir

We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Raja ShehadehPublish date:2023-03-28Pages:160
Language:EnglishPublisher:Other Press (NY)ISBN-13:9781635423648ISBN-10:1635423643UPC:9781635423648Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Arab & Middle Eastern, Social Activists, MemoirsAward:2023 National Book Awards Finalist - Nonfiction AwardSize:8.50 x 5.85 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCHZ1RGV3N
Finalist for the National Book Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize
An NPR Best Book of the Year

A subtle psychological portrait of the author's relationship with his father during the twentieth-century battle for Palestinian human rights.

Aziz Shehadeh was many things: lawyer, activist, and political detainee, he was also the father of bestselling author and activist Raja. In this new and searingly personal memoir, Raja Shehadeh unpicks the snags and complexities of their relationship.

A vocal and fearless opponent, Aziz resists under the British mandatory period, then under Jordan, and, finally, under Israel. As a young man, Raja fails to recognize his father's courage and, in turn, his father does not appreciate Raja's own efforts in campaigning for Palestinian human rights. When Aziz is murdered in 1985, it changes Raja irrevocably.

This is not only the story of the battle against the various oppressors of the Palestinians, but a moving portrait of a particular father and son relationship.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Other Press (NY)ISBN-13:9781635423648ISBN-10:1635423643UPC:9781635423648Book Category:Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Arab & Middle Eastern, Social Activists, MemoirsAward:2023 National Book Awards Finalist - Nonfiction AwardSize:8.50 x 5.85 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.7518Product ID:SCHZ1RGV3N
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, Palestinian Walks, which won the prestigious Orwell Prize, and We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I (Other Press, 2023), which was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
Publisher: Other Press (NY)

Awards

🏆 2023 National Book Awards Finalist - Nonfiction Award

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Raja Shehadeh

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