Raja Shehada

Raja Shehadeh "is a Palestinian lawyer and writer who lives in Ramallah. He is a founder of the pioneering, nonpartisan human rights organization, Al-Haq, an affiliate of the International Commission of Jurists, and the author of several books on international law, human rights and the Middle East. He is the author of the highly praised memoir, Strangers in the House, and the enormously acclaimed When the Bulbul Stopped Singing, which was made into a stage play. He is a Palestinian lawyer and writer who lives in Ramallah. His most recent work, Palestinian Walks: Notes on a Vanishing Landscape, was awarded the Orwell Prize for political literature."