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Overview"""This is not a political book,"" Anthony Lewis asserts in his foreword to this revealing memoir of a father-son relationship set against the backdrop of more than thirty years of life under military occupation. ""Yet in a hundred different ways it is political. . . . Shehadeh shatters the stereotype many Americans have of Palestinians.""Three years after his family was driven from the city of Jaffa in 1948, Raja Shehadeh was born in Ramallah. His early childhood was marked by his family's sense of loss and impermanence, vividly evoked by the glittering lights ""on the other side of the hill."" He witnessed the numerous arrests of his father, Aziz, who, in 1967, was the first Palestinian to advocate a peaceful, two-state solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He predicted that if peace were not achieved, what remained of the Palestinian homeland would be taken away bit by bit. Ostracized by his fellow Arabs and disillusioned by the failure of either side to recognize his prophetic vision, Aziz retreated from politics. He was murdered in 1985. The first memoir of its kind by a Palestinian living in the occupied territories, Strangers in the House offers a moving description of daily life for those who have chosen to remain on their land. It is also the family drama of a difficult relationship between an idealistic son and his politically active father, complicated by the arbitrary humiliation of the ""occupier's law.""" Full Product DetailsAuthor: Raja Shehadeh , Anthony LewisPublisher: Penguin Putnam Inc Imprint: Penguin USA Dimensions: Width: 13.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 20.20cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9780142002933ISBN 10: 0142002933 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 29 April 2003 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsUnusually honest, beautifully written....Few Palestinians have opened their hearts and minds with such frankness. --The New York Times Book Review<br><br><br><br> A remarkable human document that explains better than a hundred political treatises why there is still no peace in the Middle East. --Amos Elon<br><br> Unusually honest, beautifully written....Few Palestinians have opened their hearts and minds with such frankness. The New York Times Book Review A remarkable human document that explains better than a hundred political treatises why there is still no peace in the Middle East. Amos Elon A remarkable human document that explains better than a hundred political treatises why there is still no peace in the Middle East. Author InformationRaja Shehadeh is a Palestinian lawyer and writer who lives in the Ramallah refugee camp. He is a founder of the pioneering, nonpartisan human rights organization Al-Haq, an affiliate of the International Commission of Jurists, and the author of several books about international law, human rights, and the Middle East. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |