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The Palestinian historian Rashid Al-Khalidi was born in New York, America in 1948, and is of Jerusalemite origin. He works as a professor of modern Arab studies at Columbia University, and director of the School of International and Domestic Affairs at the Middle East Institute at Columbia University.
Khalidi's most famous book is (Palestinian Identity: Building a Modern National Consciousness) in 1997, which is his most influential and widespread book. Khalidi says in his book: The roots of Palestinian identity were formed in the early twentieth century.
Rashid Al-Khalidi held the late Professor Edward Said's Chair of Arabic Studies in the Department of History at Columbia University. He previously served as president of the Middle East Studies Association, and was an advisor to the Palestinian delegation in the Arab-Israeli peace negotiations held in the period 1991-1993. He is currently editor-in-chief of the Journal of Palestine Studies.
Professor Rashid Al-Khalidi has written several books, including: Sowing the Seeds of Crisis: American Hegemony and the Cold War in the Middle East (2009); Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for State (2006); The Resurgence of Empire: Western Imprints and America's Dangerous Path in the Middle East (2004); Palestinian Identity: Building a Modern National Consciousness (1997); Under Siege: Decision-making within the Palestine Liberation Organization during the 1982 War (1986); British Policy towards Syria and Palestine, 1906-1914 (1980).
He also wrote more than 90 articles dealing with various aspects of the history of the Middle East. Rashid received his bachelor's degree from Yale University in 1970, where he was a member of the Ras Al-Dhan Society. He then obtained a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Oxford in 1974. Between 1976 and 1983, Al-Khalidi taught full-time as an assistant professor in the Department of Political Studies and Administration. General Studies at the American University of Beirut, and published two books and several articles. He was also a research fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies, and taught at the Lebanese University.
Rashid became a political activist in Beirut while living there during the 1982 Lebanon War. “I was deeply involved in politics in Beirut” in the 1970s, he said in an interview. Khalidi was cited in the media during that period, sometimes as an official with the Palestinian News Agency and sometimes as a spokesman for the PLO. This was denied by Al-Khalidi, who confirmed that he is not a spokesman for the Palestine Liberation Organization, and noted that he “spoke a lot with journalists in Beirut, who usually cite him without describing him as an informed Palestinian source, and I do not know if some people made a mistake in identifying me in that regard.” Time.” Sources disagreed about Al-Khalidi’s official relationship with the PLO.
After returning to the United States, he spent two years teaching at Columbia University, before joining the faculty at the University of Chicago in 1987, where he spent eight years as a professor and director of both the Center for Middle East Studies and the Center for International Studies there, during the Second Gulf War and while he was teaching at the University Chicago Al-Khalidi has emerged as one of the most influential commentators from the Center for Middle East Studies.
He served as president of the Middle East Studies Association of North America in 1994, taught at Georgetown University, and in 2003 joined the faculty of Columbia University, and is currently a professor of studies. Modern Arabic. A large number of Palestinian historians have documented the Palestinian issue in its various aspects, so that the Palestinian national identity and its consolidation remain their ultimate goal.
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