Palestinian Walks: Forays Into a Vanishing Landscape

by Raja Shehadeh

Book Overview

"A rare historical insight into the tragic changes taking place in Palestine." --Jimmy Carter

From one of Palestine's leading writers, a lyrical, elegiac account of one man's wanderings through the landscape he loves--once pristine, now forever changed by settlements and walls--updated with a new afterword by the author.

"I often come to walk in these hills," I said to the man who was doing all the talking and seemed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1416569669
• ISBN13: 9781416569664
• Release Date: June 2008
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

beautiful prose.

Raja Shehadeh's writing brings the land of Palestine to life. Excellent. I could not put this book down. Everyone who cares about the mideast should read this book. As other reviewers have said, What a tragedy that this landscape is disappearing. On a positive note, this book is a real treat to the senses. The beauty of the land comes to life. very, very good!

Illuminating Walks with Shehadeh

I recently read and adored "Palestinian Walks" by Raja Shehadeh (available in paperback), nonfiction, about a Palestinian lawyer who enjoys walking in the hills above his home in Ramallah and writes about the changes he's seen over four decades of ambling. I learned more about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from reading this lovely book than from anything else I've ever read!

Palestinian Walks

An extraordinary book describing the desecration of Palestine by the Israeli government. It is a poignant memoir of a time past, beautifully written and pregnant with emotion.

What a sad, sad book

I've walked in Israel and the West Bank before the Intifadas, before the barriers, and subsequently tried to make some sense of the mistakes and the historical horror show that has occurred. I think that the Arabic term "al Naqba", the catastrophe, truly best states what has happened, and what continues for all those who live there. For everyone who shares the author's love of the land or has any respect for human dignity, this book will make you despair over the tragedy of it all. Some books on the subject have challenged me, all have upset me, but none have effected me as viscerally as these personal ruminations on the irretrievable loss of the landscape itself. It's beautifully written. Read it and weep.

I am heading to Palestine!

I have just made arrangements to go to Palestine and experience walks in Palestine in the midst of a brutal occupation! This is how powerful this book!