Rashid Ismail Khalidi
Contributor
Website : Rashid Khalidi at Columbia University
Director of the Middle East Institute, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies, Columbia University. Author of Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness and The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood and others.
Primary Contributions (1)
Palestine, area of the eastern Mediterranean region comprising parts of modern Israel and the Palestinian territories of the Gaza Strip (along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea) and the West Bank (west of the Jordan River). The term Palestine has been associated variously and sometimes…
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Publications (2)
The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood (September 2007)
At a time when a lasting peace between the Palestinians and the Israelis seems virtually unattainable, understanding the roots of their conflict is an essential step in restoring hope to the region. In The Iron Cage, Rashid Khalidi, one of the most respected historians and political observers of the Middle East, homes in on Palestinian politics and history. By drawing on a wealth of experience and scholarship, Khalidi provides a lucid context for the realities on the ground today, a context...
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Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness (October 1998)
Khalidi critically assesses the narratives that make up Palestinian history and identity and examines the ways in which the Palestinian national consciousness has come full circle.