A Palestinian Memoir
Klappentext:Aziz Shehadeh was many things: lawyer, activist and political prisoner. He was also the father of Raja Shehadeh, bestselling author and acitivst. In this, Raja's most searingly personal memoir, he chronicles the complexities and heartache of their relationship against the backdrop of the twentieth-century battle for Palestinian human rights.
A vocal and fearless opponent, Aziz resisted under the British mandatory period, then under Jordan, and, finally, under Israel. As a young man, Raja failed to recognise his father's courage and, in turn, his father did not appreciate Raja's own campaigning. When Aziz was attacked and murdered outside his home in 1985, it changed his son's life irrevocably.
This is not only the story of heroic resistance against oppression but a moving and subtle psychological portrait of a complicated and challenging father-son relationship.
Über die Autorin / über den Autor:Raja Shehadeh is Palestine's leading writer. He is also a lawyer and the founder of the pioneering Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq. Shehadeh is the author of several acclaimed books published by Profile, including the Orwell Prize-winning Palestinian Walks. He lives in Ramallah.
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