Rashid Khalidi
Historian of the Middle East
Rashid Khalidi is a historian who studies the Middle East and a professor emeritus at Columbia University. He wrote The Hundred Years' War on Palestine.
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American Born 1948 in New York City, United States
About Rashid Khalidi
Rashid Khalidi was born in New York on 18 November 1948. He is a Palestinian-American scholar of Middle Eastern history, and he retired from Columbia University in October 2024 as its Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies. He edited the Journal of Palestine Studies from 2002 to 2020, and then became co-editor alongside Sherene Seikaly. His books include The Hundred Years' War on Palestine and Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness. Khalidi once held the presidency of the Middle East Studies Association of North America. His teaching posts have included the University of Chicago, Georgetown University, the American University of Beirut and the Lebanese University. He has received fellowships and grants from several foundations, including MacArthur, Ford and Rockefeller.