How can you take the stuff of life and make it into something worth writing and worth reading? As a successful journalist and much-awarded writer, Raja Shehadeh understands the process of writing for publication as well as the personal benefits it brings. In part, his Occupation Diaries and Palestinian Walks were written to help him process some of the challenges of his own experience. We all have a story to tell and this session might be a chance for you to turn your own personal story into written material.

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