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We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir Audiobook
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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 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 also a moving portrait of a particular father and son relationship
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“A clear-eyed, critical, and wise examination of a defining tragedy of the twentieth century—the colonization of Palestine—as refracted through the lens of the fraught relationship between two of Palestine’s leading lawyers, who happen to be father and son.”
— Saeed Teebi, author of Her First Palestinian
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“A striking story of loss, heartbreak, and political perfidy.”
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“Ganim’s measured pace and gentle baritone reflect the audiobook’s structure as it unfolds various moments in the Shehadeh family’s history.”
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“Profoundly personal as well as historically significant…Illustrates how being dispossessed and being occupied are not merely legal or political conditions.”
— New York Times Book Review -
“This is a Palestinian memoir that will endure.”
— Church Times -
“Raja’s memoir is a vital history of Aziz’s overlooked achievements; but it is also a son’s love letter to his father.”
— Harper’s -
“Absolutely gripping…His masterly, remorseless selection and accumulation of detail builds an unanswerable case against Palestine’s historic and current oppressors.”
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“Shehadeh movingly blends the personal and political in this heartfelt take on his complex relationship with his lawyer father.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review) -
“This personal and gripping memoir…is partly the conversation that Raja Shehadeh wishes he could have had with his murdered father.”
— Rashid Khalidi, author of The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine
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About Raja Shehadeh
Raja Shehadeh is a writer, lawyer, and the founder of the pioneering Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq, an affiliate of the International Commission of Jurists. He is the author of several books, including Strangers in the House; Occupation Diaries; Language of War, Language of Peace; the 2008 Orwell Prize–winning Palestinian Walks; and Where the Line Is Drawn (The New Press). He has written for the New York Times, the New Yorker, Granta, and other publications.
About Peter Ganim
Peter Ganim, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, is an American actor who has appeared on stage, on television, and in film. He has performed voice-over work since 1994.