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Raja Shehadeh
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Palestinian lawyer, human rights activist and writer (born 1951) Raja Shehadeh ( Arabic : رجا شحادة, born 6 July 1951) is a Palestinian lawyer , human rights activist and writer . He co-founded the award-winning Palestinian human rights organization Al-Haq in 1979. In 2008, he won the Orwell Prize , a British award for political writing, for his book Palestinian Walks.
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palestinian lawyer and writer who lives in ramallah
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palestinian lawyer
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