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Author Shehadeh, Raja, 1951- author.

Title We could have been friends, my father and I : a Palestinian memoir / Raja Shehadeh.

Publication Info. New York : Other Press, [2023]
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Description 152 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Note "First published in Great Britain in 2022 by Profile Books."
Summary "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"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Shehadeh, Raja, 1951-
Shehadeh, Aziz.
Lawyers -- West Bank -- Biography.
Political activists -- West Bank -- Biography.
Palestinian Arabs -- West Bank.
Fathers and sons -- West Bank.
Genre Autobiographies.
ISBN 9781635423648 (hardcover)
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