Writing Worth Reading
Writing Worth Reading
This is just one man who took all these walks and the outward walks are symbolic of inner journeys. His reflections on what he sees are gentle in their approach to describing an awful and harsh illegal military occupation. Raja is a beautiful soul who has a way of talking about the politics without talking about the politics.
Now Palestinian Walks. This is not a guidebook, is it?
No, no, no. Actually, Raja Shehadeh is a walker – he’s also an attorney living in the West Bank, and a very unassuming, soft-spoken man. In this book he describes the walks he took in Palestine over decades, detailing the changing landscape. This is just one man who took all these walks and the outward walks are symbolic of inner journeys. When there are places he can’t walk because of Israel having drawn different borders he goes into himself and explores his own personal borders. His reflections on what he sees are gentle in their approach to describing an awful and harsh illegal military occupation. Raja is a beautiful soul who has a way of talking about the politics without talking about the politics.
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Susan Abulhawa was born to refugees of the Six-Day War of 1967 when her family’s land was seized. She is the author of the acclaimed novel Mornings in Jenin, the profits of which partly go to the children’s charity she founded, Playgrounds for Palestine.
