Raja Shehadeh

Raja Shehadeh
رجا شحادة
Born1951 (age 72–73)
Ramallah
EducationBirzeit University
American University of Beirut, University of Law
RelativesNajib Nassar (great-great-uncle)

Raja Shehadeh (Arabic: رجا شحادة, born 6 July 1951) is a Palestinian lawyer, human rights activist and writer.[1] He co-founded the award-winning Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq in 1979.[1] In 2008, he won the Orwell Prize, a British award for political writing, for his book Palestinian Walks.[2]

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