Walid Khalidi

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Walid Khalidi
Born 1925 (age 83–84)
Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
Occupation Historian

Walid Khalidi (Arabic: وليد خالدي‎, born 1925 in Jerusalem) is an Oxford University-educated Palestinian historian who has written extensively on the Palestinian exodus. He is General Secretary and co-founder of the Institute for Palestine Studies, established in Beirut in December 1963 as an independent research and publishing center focusing on the Palestinian problem and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Khalidi's first teaching post was at Oxford, a position he resigned in 1956 in protest at the British invasion of Suez. He was Professor of Political Studies at the American University of Beirut until 1982 and thereafter a research fellow at the Harvard Center for International Affairs.[1] He has also taught at Princeton University.

Khalidi was co-founder of the Royal Scientific Society of Amman. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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[edit] Career

Khalidi graduated with a B.A. from the University of London in 1945, then studied at the University of Oxford, gaining an M.Litt. in 1951. Under his guidance the Institute of Palestine Studies produced a long series of monographs in English and Arabic and several important translations of Hebrew texts into Arabic: 'The History of the Haganah', Ben Gurion and Shertok's diaries—texts that still await translation into English.[2] He has also produced ground-breaking work on the fall of Haifa and Deir Yassin. His best known works are Before their diaspora, a photographic essay on Palestinian society prior to 1948 and All that remains, the encyclopedic collection of village histories which he edited.

[edit] Position on the Palestine question

Khalidi's stated position on the Palestine question is for a two-state solution:[3]

A Palestinian state in the occupied territories within the 1967 frontiers in peaceful coexistence alongside Israel is the only conceptual candidate for a historical compromise of this century-old conflict. Without it the conflict will remain an open-ended one.[4]

Khalidi is a Palestinian representative to the Joint Palestinian-Jordanian delegation to the Middle East peace talks. He holds no office in the PLO or any of its bodies.[5]

[edit] Awards

At the Palestinian Heritage Foundation's 15th-Anniversary banquet, Khalidi was presented with an award for his commitment to the Palestinian cause, the Arab-American community, and the Arab nation.[6]

[edit] Published works

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Hirsch & Housen-Couriel, 1995, p. 98.
  2. ^ See for example See translation by Walid Khalidi here
  3. ^ Google Books "Whither Jerusalem?: Proposals and Positions Concerning the Future of Jerusalem" by Moshe Hirsch, Deborah Housen-Couriel, Ruth Lapidoth, Ruth Eschelbacher Lapidoth, Mekhon Yerushalayim le-ḥeḳer Yiśraʼel p 98
  4. ^ Khalidi, Walid. "Toward Peace in the Holy Land", Foreign Affairs, Spring 1988.
  5. ^ Hansard Records, 13 April 1983 vol 40 c407W.
  6. ^ Palestine Heritage news letter

[edit] References

  • Hirsch, Moshe and Housen-Couriel, Deborah (1995). Whither Jerusalem?: Proposals and Positions Concerning the Future of Jerusalem. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. ISBN 9041100776

[edit] External links

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