Raja Shehadeh

Raja Shehadeh
رجا شحادة
Born1951 (age 7374)
EducationBirzeit University
American University of Beirut, University of Law
SpousePenny Johnson (married 1998–present)
RelativesNajib Nassar (great-great-uncle)

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.