‘An act of resistance’: Raja Shehadeh’s Palestinian diaries find a new home
- Edinburgh, Scotland – On May 11, 1967, a studious young Palestinian teenager named Raja Shehadeh sat down to compose his first dated diary entry.
- “My dearest diary,” began the 15-year-old in English, “today’s expieriences [sic] that I am about to write in one of your wanderfull [sic] pages is sad, very sad, indeed the bees are responsible for making it sad.
- ”Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Historical reckoning: The push for the US to acknowledge the Nakbalist 2 of 4Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour, giant of resistance art, dies aged 79list 3 of 4The Flotilla Diaries: Inside the 20
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- Edinburgh, Scotland – On May 11, 1967, a studious young Palestinian teenager named Raja Shehadeh sat down to compose his first dated diary entry.
- “My dearest diary,” began the 15-year-old in English, “today’s expieriences [sic] that I am about to write in one of your wanderfull [sic] pages is sad, very sad, indeed the bees are responsible for making it sad.
- ”Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4Historical reckoning: The push for the US to acknowledge the Nakbalist 2 of 4Palestinian artist Sliman Mansour, giant of resistance art, dies aged 79list 3 of 4The Flotilla Diaries: Inside the 20
Sources: Al Jazeera