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Tag Archives: Rashid Khalidi
Are Columbia’s Palestinians… Palestinian?
You will remember the case of Nadia Abu El-Haj, the anthropologist who last year received tenure at Barnard after a furious controversy over her book, Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society. Jane Kramer has … Continue reading
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Rashid Khalidi: Gaza blame-thrower
Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor at Columbia University, garners all sorts of kudos for his supposed willingness to accord Palestinians at least some responsibility for their own predicament. He’s often cast as a courageous “new historian,” particularly in reviews of … Continue reading
Case of the missing Stiglitz
I ordered my copy of Rashid Khalidi’s new book, The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood, from Amazon.com. At Amazon, the image of the book cover features the obligatory photo of Israel’s separation barrier (or “apartheid … Continue reading
Khalidi file at Princeton
Last year, Rashid Khalidi came to Princeton to deliver a job talk. His aim: to win the newly-established Robert H. Niehaus ’77 Professorship of Near Eastern Studies and Religion. He didn’t get it. Last month, Princeton announced the appointment of … Continue reading
Radical Rashid
A journal called the Radical History Review, published by the Radical Historians’ Organization, Inc. (!), has just published an interview with Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor at Columbia University. I can’t possibly tackle this remarkable document in a single go—the … Continue reading
