The secret quest to preserve Palestinian writer Raja Shehadeh's diaries

Leading Palestinian writer Raja Shehadeh has documented Israel's occupation of the West Bank since day one. Fearing the occupation might consume his archive, he secretly moved it to Scotland

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3840x2160+0+0/resize/3840x2160!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2d%2Fed%2F67dc55c34bc4922aa2c467bf9e69%2F009rajashehadeh.jpg' alt='Raja Shehadeh looks at folders from his archive in 2026.'/><p>Leading Palestinian writer Raja Shehadeh has documented Israel's occupation of the West Bank since day one. Fearing the occupation might consume his archive, he secretly moved it to Scotland </p><p>(Image credit: Yazeed Abu Khdeir)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=g-s1-142760' />