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Der Bürgermeister von Jerusalem, Yusuf Diya al-Khalidi, schrieb 1899, beunruhigt über die Forderung nach einer jüdischen Heimstätte in Palästina, einen Brief an Theodor Herzl: Das Land habe eine einheimische Bevölkerung, die ihre Vertreibung nicht akzeptieren würde. Er schloss mit den Worten: »In Gottes Namen, lasst Palästina in Frieden.« So beginnt Rashid Khalidi, der Groß-Großneffe von al-Khalidi, diese Gesamtdarstellung des Konflikts aus palästinensischer Perspektive.

Rashid Khalidi, Nachfolger Edward Saids an der Columbia University und einer der führenden...

This work presents in English translation the largest collection ever assembled of the sayings and stories of Jesus in Arabic Islamic literature. In doing so, it traces a tradition of love and reverence for Jesus that has characterized Islamic thought for more than a thousand years. An invaluable resource for the history of religions, the collection documents how one culture, that of Islam, assimilated the towering religious figure of another, that of Christianity. As such, it is a work of great significance for the understanding of both, and of profound implications for modern-day...

The Arab enclaves that exist within Israel constitute a definite economic unit. Despite linkages and subservice to the national economy the region exhibits a range of independent production and consumption modes that suggest potential economic developmental viability. The author considers the historical background of these enclaves and the actual extent of the independent Arab sector in the Israeli economy. Applying modern economic analysis, he develops his thesis of the future development of a distinctive Arab path of economic development in Israel. Agriculture, industry, commerce,...

"Memoirs of an Early Arab Feminist" is the first English translation of the memoirs of Anbara Salam Khalidi, the iconic Arab feminist. At a time when women are playing a leading role in the Arab Spring, this book brings to life an earlier period of social turmoil and women's activism through one remarkable life.
Anbara Salam was born in 1897 to a notable Sunni Muslim family of Beirut. She grew up in 'Greater Syria', in which unhindered travel between Beirut, Jerusalem and Damascus was possible, and wrote a series of newspaper articles calling on women to fight for their rights within...