Walid Khalidi
Walid Khalidi | |
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وليد خالدي | |
 Walid Khalidi at SOAS in 2014 | |
| Born | 16 July 1925 Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine |
| Died | 8 March 2026 (aged 100) Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Parent | Anbara Salam Khalidi (stepmother) |
| Relatives | Tarif Khalidi (half-brother) Usama al-Khalidi (half-brother) Rashid Khalidi (cousin) |
Walid Khalidi (Arabic: وليد خالدي; 16 July 1925 – 8 March 2026) was a Palestinian historian. His works were about the 1948 Palestine war. He was a co-founder of the Institute for Palestine Studies.
His works were also about the Palestine problem and the Arab–Israeli conflict. He was Professor of Political Studies at the American University of Beirut until 1982 and was a research fellow at the Harvard Center for International Affairs.[1] He also taught at Princeton University. Khalidi was a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[2]
Khalidi turned 100 in July 2025. He died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on 8 March 2026.[3]
References
- ↑ Hirsch & Housen-Couriel, 1995, p. 98.
- ↑ Rashid Khalidi, 'Walid Khalidi,' in Philip Mattar, Encyclopedia of the Palestinians, Facts on File, rev.ed. 2005 pp.280-284.
- ↑ "Walid Khalidi (1925 - 2026)". Institute for Palestine Studies. Retrieved 8 March 2026.