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Raja Shehadeh

Raja Shehadeh is a lawyer and writer in Ramallah. He is the author of Strangers in the House: Coming of Age in Occupied Palestine, When the Birds Stop Singing: Life in Ramallah Under Siege, and Palestinian Walks: Notes on a Vanishing Landscape.

Raja Shehadeh on Granta.com

Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition

Essays & Memoir | The Online Edition

Going Home

Raja Shehadeh

Read an excerpt from Raja Shehadeh’s Going Home, a reflection on ageing, failure, the occupation, and the changing face of Ramallah.

Essays & Memoir | Issue 131

Essays & Memoir | Issue 131

Mother’s House

Raja Shehadeh

‘It was her last service, last sacrifice, to a husband who required so much from her throughout their life together. But we could not succeed.’