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Come for a walk with me, if you would, along the streets of Jerusalem. My family has walked these streets for more than a thousand years. With this invitation, Palestine: A Primer offers a powerful introduction to Palestinian history through a century of conflict and resistance....
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Adapted from the international bestseller The Hundred Years War on Palestine for a new generation of readers
Adapted from the international bestseller The Hundred Years War on Palestine for a new generation of readers
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Come for a walk with me, if you would, along the streets of Jerusalem. My family has walked these streets for more than a thousand years.
With this invitation, Palestine: A Primer offers a powerful introduction to Palestinian history through a century of conflict and resistance. Blending incisive research with his own family memories, celebrated scholar Rashid Khalidi traces Palestine's story from the British occupation to Israel's ongoing colonial war.
Powerfully explaining the history behind the world's most urgentβand misunderstoodβconflict, Khalidi explores why Israel has long fought against Palestine. Engaging and accessible, this book offers everyone a compelling entry point into a century of struggleβand the future of the Palestinian state.
Praise for The Hundred Years War on Palestine:
'Informed and passionate . . . Khalidi's is an elegy for the Palestinians' - Guardian
'Rigorous and lucid . . . Rashid Khalidi, the intellectual heir to Edward Said, has written one of the great books on the Israeli-Palestinian question' - Financial Times
'This act of retelling is itself a form of resistance' - The Nation
'The best book to appear on the struggle for Palestine' - Avi Shlaim, author of THREE WORLDS
Book Details
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ISBN: 9781806490707
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 03 September 2026
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Profile Books Ltd
Edition: Main
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 24.0mm
Width: 134.0mm
Height: 214.0mm
Weight: 240g
Pages: 208
About the Author
Rashid Khalidi is the author of the international bestseller The Hundred Years' War on Palestine and seven other books about the Middle East, including The Iron Cage, Brokers of Deceit and the award-winning Palestinian Identity. He is the Edward Said Chair Emeritus in Arab Studies at Columbia University and was the editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies. He has received numerous awards for his research and is a regular commentator on Palestine in the New York Times, the Guardian and elsewhere.
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