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|pages=240
|publisher=Profile
|date=August 2007
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Raja Shehadah has lived in Ramallah on the West Bank ever since his family left Jaffa in the nakbeh (cataclysm) of 1948, during which over a million Palestinians were displaced, creating a fresh diaspora to take the place of the one that felt it was coming home. In this sense, the nakbeh was - is - the ultimate irony. Shehadah is a lawyer and peace activist who has now turned to writing. In ''Palestinian Walks'' he ties the beauty he sees in his disappearing homeland to the crumbling of his dreams for a legal solution to the Israeli occupation. As you would expect, it is sad, angry, hopeless. However, it is also quite beautiful and, at times, touches on the profound.
My thanks to the good people at Profile for sending the book.
Those interested in Middle Eastern politics generally might like to look at [[Interventions]] by Noam Chomsky. You might also find [[The Disoriented by Amin Maalouf]] to be an interesting read.
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|comment= Thank-you Jill Murphy for the passion, clarity and unconditional humaneness of your review. (Yeah, no less) What can one say when witnessing this tragic injustice from a safe distance? How can we translate our outrage and our empathy into any sort of effective action? We can certainly start with a robust and compassionate understanding. Your last sentence made me weep - ''' ''...And if you wouldn't like to, then shame on you.''''' Yes indeed. - '''Let us not be mistaken about what is going on here.'''
Your last sentence made me weep - ''' ''...And if you wouldn't like to, then shame on you.''''' Yes indeed. - '''Let us not be mistaken about what is going on here.
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