Rashid Khalidi

Rashid Ismail Khalidi (Arabic: رشيد خالدي ), ( * 1948 in New York ) is an American- Palestinian historian of the Middle East, Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University and director of resident Middle East Institute.

He is considered a confidant of U.S. President Barack Obama. The good relationship between the two was on the campaign trail rise to speculation about a deteriorating relationship with Israel..

Publications

• British Policy towards Syria and Palestine, 1906-1914. Ithaca Press for St. Antony 's College, 1980.
• Palestine and the Gulf ( co-editor ), Institute for Palestine Studies, 1982.
• The Origins of Arab Nationalism ( co-editor ), Columbia University Press, 1991.
• Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness, Columbia University Press, 1997.
• [1st ed 2001 ] The Palestinians and 1948: the underlying causes of failure. In: Eugene L. Rogan and Avi Shlaim (eds.): The War for Palestine: Rewriting the History of 1948, 2nd, Cambridge University Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0-521-69934-1.
• Resurrecting Empire: Western Footprints and America's Perilous Path in the Middle East, Beacon Press, 2004.
• The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood. Beacon Press, 2006, ISBN 0-8070-0308-5.
• Sowing Crisis: The Cold War and American Dominance in the Middle East, Beacon Press, 2009.