{"product_id":"we-could-have-been-friends-my-father-and-i","title":"We Could Have Been Friends, My Father and I","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRaja Shehadeh\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback, 160 pages\u003cbr\u003e9781788169981\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Palestinian Memoir\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA subtle psychological portrait of the author's relationship with his father during the twentieth-century battle for Palestinian human rights\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAziz Shehadeh was many things: lawyer, activist, and political detainee, he was also the father of bestselling author and activist Raja. In this new and searingly personal memoir, Raja Shehadeh unpicks the snags and complexities of their relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 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 recognise 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is not only the story of the battle against the various oppressors of the Palestinians, but a moving portrait of a particular father and son relationship.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Profile Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39912583725091,"sku":"9781788169981","price":24.0,"currency_code":"SGD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2514\/8624\/products\/DSC_2386.jpg?v=1674024460","url":"https:\/\/wardahbooks.mom\/products\/we-could-have-been-friends-my-father-and-i","provider":"Wardah Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}