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Rashid Khalidi
History & Commentary
Rashid Khalidi is a Palestinian-American historian whose work examines Middle Eastern history, Palestinian national identity, and the history of the conflict over Palestine.
Biography
Rashid Ismail Khalidi, born November 18, 1948, is a Palestinian-American historian of the Middle East. He is the Edward Said Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, where he retired on October 8, 2024. He has also taught at the Lebanese University, the American University of Beirut, Georgetown University, and the University of Chicago.
Khalidi’s books include The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine and Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness. He has served as president of the Middle East Studies Association of North America. From 2002 to 2020, he edited the Journal of Palestine Studies; in 2020, he became co-editor with Sherene Seikaly.
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Books by Rashid Khalidi
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine draws on archival materials and family accounts to examine a century of conflict from an explicitly Palestinian perspective. Khalidi interprets this history as a colonial war against Palestinians, tracing pivotal events involving the Zionist movement, Israel, Britain, and the United States.