Palestine and the Gulf: Proceedings of an International Seminar

by Rashid Khalidi (Editor), Camille Mansour (Editor)

Proceedings of an international seminar at IPS, Beirut, November 2-5, 1981.

This volume comprises twelve papers written for an international seminar held at the Institute for Palestine Studies in Beirut from 2-5 November 1981. The volume is divided into three main sections; the first provides a general background to the themes covered by the seminar; the second section deals with the perspectives of various international actors: Europe, the NATO alliance, the USSR and US; the third section covers the views of regional actors including the PLO, Israel and the countries of the Arab Mashriq, and Israel.

347 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1982

About the author

Rashid Ismail Khalidi (Arabic: رشيد إسماعيل خالدي; born 18 November 1948) is a Palestinian-American historian of the Middle East and the Edward Said Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies at Columbia University. He served as editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies from 2002 until 2020, when he became co-editor with Sherene Seikaly.

He has authored a number of books, including The Hundred Years' War on Palestine and Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness; has served as president of the Middle East Studies Association; and has taught at the Lebanese University, the American University of Beirut, Georgetown University, and the University of Chicago.

For his work on the Middle East, Professor Khalidi has received fellowships and grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the Ford Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the American Research Center in Egypt, and the Rockefeller Foundation, among others.

In October 2010, Khalidi delivered the annual Edward Said memorial lecture at the Palestine Center in Washington. He is the Edward Said Professor Emeritus of Modern Arab Studies at Colombia University. On October 8, 2024, Khalidi retired from Columbia University citing the university's crackdown on pro-Palestinian student protests, which he had vocally supported, and the transformation of the university into a "hedge fund-cum-real estate operation, with a minor sideline in education" as reasons for his retirement.