Last updated: 31 august, 2010 - 14:00 GMT
Raja Shehadeh
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Raja Shehadeh is a Palestinian lawyer and writer.
He traces his great great uncle living in the Palestine of the Ottoman empire in his new book A Rift in Time.
He told Harriett how he went about his research.
First broadcast August 23rd 2010.
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