We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I: A Palestinian Memoir
Finalist for the National Book Award and Los Angeles Times Book Prize An NPR Best Book of the Year A subtle psychological portrait of the author’s relationship with his father during the twentieth-century battle for Palestinian human rights. In this new and 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