Travels with my Ottoman Uncle
Klappentext:When Raja Shehadeh began researching his family history, he was surprised to discover a great uncle who had also been a writer at odds with the powers of the day. Najib Nassar was a journalist and romantic living in Palestine, then part of the Ottoman Empire. When he voiced hs opposition to Ottoman participation in the First World War, a death sentence was put on his head. So he fled, living on the run and off the land for nearly three years.
Raja traces his uncle's footsteps, travelling through the Great Rift Valley, along the Lebanese mountains and Bekaa, the Jordan Valley, the Galilee and Jordanian wilderness, he discovers that today it seems impossible to flee the cage that Palestine has become. Much of the country's history and that of its people is buried deep in the ground: whole villages have disappeared and names have been erased from the map. But now, a hundered years after Najib's escape, Raja's journey opens up a rift in time where a future free from oppression might one day be possible.
Über die Autorin / über den Autor:Raja Shehadeh 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. He is the founder of the pioneering, non-partisan human rights organisation Al-Haq, an affiliate of the International Commission of Jurists, and the author of several books about international law, human rights and the Middle East. His most recent book, Palestinian Walks won the Orwell Prize in 2008.
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