Biography:

Raja Shehadeh was born in 1951 in Ramallah in the West Bank. He was called to the bar in London, then returned to Ramallah and private practice with his father, Aziz Shehadeh, a lawyer well-known in Palestine for advocating a two-state solution decades ahead of its time.

After founding Al Haq (Law in the Service of Man), a non-partisan, West Bank affiliate of the International Commission of Jurists, Raja Shehadeh wrote several books including the memoir, The Third Way: A Journal of Life in the West Bank, and Occupiers' Law, among other books about international law, human rights and the Middle East.

Details:

DOB: 1951.

Country: Palestine

Selected works:

• The Third Way: A Journal of Life in the West Bank
• Occupiers' Law
• Strangers in the House
• When the Bulbul Stopped Singing
• Palestinian Walks

Awards: Orwell Prize 2008; .

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