Nur Masalha
Palestinian historian and academic
Nur Masalha is a Palestinian historian and academic who has written many books on the history and politics of Palestine and Israel.
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Born in Galilee, Israel
About Nur Masalha
Nur Masalha is a UK-based Palestinian writer, historian and academic. His work covers the history, politics and theology of Palestine, including the Nakba, Zionism and liberation theology. He once led a research center devoted to religion and history at St Mary's University in Twickenham, and has edited a journal on Holy Land and Palestine studies published by Edinburgh University Press. His research has also touched on oral history, Holy Land place names and Jerusalem archaeology. Masalha also appears as a historian commentator in the 2007 documentary La Terre Parle Arabe (The Land Speaks Arabic), directed by Maryse Gargour, which explores the background to the 1948 Nakba.