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A History of Modern Palestine w/ Rashid Khalidi

American Prestige
Jan 1, 2020
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A History of Modern Palestine w/ Rashid Khalidi
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This series features Rashid Khalidi, the Edward Said Professor of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University, and focuses on his book The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017.


Episode 1

Discusses Dr. Khalidi’s inspiration and methodology behind the book, discursive shifts surrounding Israel-Palestine, the advent of Zionism, and more.

Episode 2

Covers Mandatory Palestine, how the English navigated Zionist and Arab nationalist interests, the 1936-39 uprising, the White Paper of 1939, and more leading up to the 1947 UN partition plan.    

Episode 3

Examines how the Zionist movement was affected by World War II; the postwar conflicts in the region; the development of a Palestinian national identity; and more leading up to the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.  

Episode 4

Focuses on the 1947 UN partition plan and outbreak of war, the UN Special Committee On Palestine (UNSCOP), U.K. General Orde Wingate, the training and tactics of Zionist militias, and the historiography of Plan Dalet and the beginning of the Nakba. 

More episodes coming soon!

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