Transcript-rkhalidi.doc. The 2010 Edward Said Memorial Lecture. 7 October 2010 The Palestine CenterWashington, DC Thank you all for coming today and to those of you who are watching, thank you for viewing this talk.
Those of you who live in Washington, who are subjected to the American media, will probably be relieved to hear that I will not be talking about the peace process. If you insist, I’m happy to answer questions about it. Rashid Khalidi on Iraq and America in the Middle East. Rashid Khalidi on Hamas-Fatah Agreement. Palestinian Identity. Rashid Khalidi; With a New Introduction by the Author Paper, 352 pages, ISBN: 978-0-231-15075-0 $27.95 / £19.95 December, 2009 Cloth, 352 pages, ISBN: 978-0-231-15074-3 $80.00 / £55.00 This foundational text now features a new introduction by Rashid Khalidi reflecting on the significance of his work over the past decade and its relationship to the struggle for Palestinian nationhood.
Khalidi also casts an eye to the future, noting the strength of Palestinian identity and social solidarity yet wondering whether current trends will lead to Palestinian statehood and independence. The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood: Amazon.co.uk: Rashid Khalidi: 9780807003084. In the long introduction to his very repetitive book in which he sets out to explain why the Palestinians have failed in their struggle for statehood, Professor Khalidi of Columbia University explains how the odds were stacked against them as the result of the policies of Britain, the United States, the surrounding Arab states and of course of the yishuv and then of Israel.
All of this, he says, is well known, though not as well-known as it should be. However, he writes that he would focus on the role the Palestinians played themselves, and will `put the Palestinians at the centre of their own story'. Columbia faculty: Rashid Khalidi.