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World Service,09 Jan 2003,22 mins

Raja Shehadeh interview

Meridian

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The Palestinian lawyer and writer talks about growing up in Jaffa and his memoir, Stranger in the House. Also on the programme: the novelist Maggie Gee invites listeners into her garden study and the British poet Simon Armitage talks about his poem ‘The Shout’ written in memory of a childhood friend. Presented by Harriett Gilbert.

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