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Serialised book readings, featuring works from various genres

Serialised book readings, featuring works of non-fiction, biography, autobiography, travel, diaries, essays, humour and history

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Book of the Week: Where the Line is Drawn

Peter Polycarpou

Raja Shehadeh

Penny Leicester

Elizabeth Allard

Book of the Week: Where the Line is Drawn: Episode 2

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Episode 2

Where the Line is Drawn

BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, Where the Line is Drawn, Episode 2

Raja Shehadeh visits Jaffa, the city from which his father was exiled.

Raja Shehadeh, the award-winning Palestinian writer and lawyer, visits Jaffa, the city from which his father was exiled. Read by Peter Polycarpou.

Raja Shehadeh, the award winning Palestinian writer, lawyer, and founder of the human rights organisation, Al Haq, visits Jaffa, the city from which his father was exiled during the Nakba in 1948 when 750,000 were forced from their homes with the end of the British Mandate and the creation of Israel. It's now 1978 and he is staying with Jewish friends who moved into one of the old Arab houses in Jaffa. He is curious about their choice of home. Read by Peter Polycarpou.

The music is Reem Kelani's Sprinting Gazelle.

Abridged by Penny Leicester
Produced by Elizabeth Allard.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Raja Shehadeh reflects on a 40-year friendship forged across the Israel-Palestine border.

Raja Shehadeh, award-winning Palestinian writer and lawyer, reflects on a friendship forged over 40 years across the Israel-Palestine border. Read by Peter Polycarpou.

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