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

Raja Shehadeh

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#1378 of 3,809 books · #491 in Biography & Memoir

Shortlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction (2023) and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest (2023).

We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I is a finalist for the US National Book Award 2023 for Nonfiction. 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 recognise 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.

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Publisher
Profile Books
ISBN-13
9781782839590
Topics
Palestinian identity and politicsFather-son relationshipIsraeli-Palestinian conflict

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