The writer and human rights lawyer Raja Shehadeh talks to Adam Shatz about his recent memoir, We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I, which reflects on Shehadeh’s relationship with his father, Aziz, a lawyer who, before his murder in 1985, fought numerous cases for Palestinian rights and was one of the first to advocate a two-state solution.
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Image shows Raja at Lincoln’s Inn after he was called to the Bar, with his father, Aziz, standing to his left next to Lord Denning. His mother is standing on the other side next to her childhood friend from Jaffa, Salma Dajani.
Music by Kieran Brunt / Produced by Anthony Wilks
