Palestinian author's secret effort to preserve his works about life under occupation

NPR | By Daniel Estrin

Published September 13, 2026 at 4:03 PM CDT

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Palestinian author Raja Shehadeh has secretly sent his archives from the Israeli-occupied West Bank to Scotland, worried they could be destroyed in an Israeli military raid.

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Daniel Estrin

Daniel Estrin is NPR's international correspondent in Jerusalem.

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