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We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir
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We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir Hardcover - 2023

by Raja Shehadeh


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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.

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  • Title We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir
  • Author Raja Shehadeh
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Pages 160
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Other Press (NY)
  • Date 2023-03-28
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Illustrated
  • ISBN 9781635423648 / 1635423643
  • Weight 0.75 lbs (0.34 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.5 x 5.85 x 0.7 in (21.59 x 14.86 x 1.78 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Palestinian Arabs - West Bank, Shehadeh, Raja
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2022027365
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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Citations

  • Booklist, 02/01/2023, Page 16
  • Kirkus Reviews, 02/01/2023, Page 0
  • Publishers Weekly, 01/09/2023, Page 0

About the author

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.
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