Raja Shehadeh is Palestine’s leading writer. A lawyer and the founder of the pioneering Palestinian human rights organisation Al-Haq, Shehadeh is the author of several acclaimed books published by Profile includng the Orwell Prize-winning Palestinian Walks, as well as Strangers in the House; Occupation Diaries; Language of War, Language of Peace; and A Rift in Time. He lives in Ramallah, Palestine.

Watch Githa Hariharan in conversation with Raja Shehadeh here, as they discuss questions of history, memory, land and friendship, and his new book, Where the Line is Drawn: Crossing Boundaries in Occupied Palestine.