The secret international effort to preserve Palestinian's writing about life under Israeli occupation

WBUR

Published September 3, 2026 at 12:04 PM EDT

Raja Shehadeh, 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.

NPR’s Daniel Estrin reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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