Secretly moving Raja Shehadeh's diaries from Israeli-occupied West Bank to Scotland

NPR | By Daniel Estrin

Published September 2, 2026 at 3:44 PM MDT

A leading Palestinian writer has secretly moved his archives from the Israeli-occupied West Bank to Scotland, to save it from the risk of destruction in Israeli military operations.

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