Adapted from the international bestseller The Hundred Years War on Palestine for a new generation of readers

'Come for a walk with me, if you would, along the streets of Jerusalem. My family has walked these streets for more than a thousand years.'

With this invitation, Palestine: A Primer offers a powerful introduction to Palestinian history through a century of conflict and resistance. Blending incisive research with his own family memories, celebrated scholar Rashid Khalidi traces Palestine's story from the British occupation to Israel's ongoing colonial war.


Powerfully explaining the history behind the world's most urgent - and misunderstood - conflict, Khalidi explores why Israel has long fought against Palestine. Engaging and accessible, this book offers everyone a compelling entry point into a century of struggle - and the future of the Palestinian state.


Praise for The Hundred Years War on Palestine:
'Informed and passionate . . . Khalidi's is an elegy for the Palestinians'' - Guardian
'Rigorous and lucid . . . Rashid Khalidi, the intellectual heir to Edward Said, has written one of the great books on the Israeli-Palestinian question' - Financial Times
'This act of retelling is itself a form of resistance' - The Nation
'The best book to appear on the struggle for Palestine' - Avi Shlaim, author of THREE WORLDS

Details

ISBN13: 9781806490707
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 208
Edition: Main
Publication Date: 06 Oct 2026
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd
Publication City, Country: London, United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 21.4(H)x13.4(L)x2.4(W)232
Weight (gm): 232

Author Biography

Rashid Khalidi is the author of the international bestseller The Hundred Years' War on Palestine and seven other books about the Middle East, including The Iron Cage, Brokers of Deceit and the award-winning Palestinian Identity. He is the Edward Said Chair Emeritus in Arab Studies at Columbia University and was the editor of the Journal of Palestine Studies. He has received numerous awards for his research and is a regular commentator on Palestine in the New York Times, the Guardian and elsewhere.

Reviews

Praise for The Hundred Years War on Palestine: 'Informed and passionate . . . Khalidi's is an elegy for the Palestinians' * Guardian *
Rigorous and lucid . . . Rashid Khalidi, the intellectual heir to Edward Said, has written one of the great books on the Israeli-Palestinian question * Financial Times *
This act of retelling is itself a form of resistance * The Nation *
The best book to appear on the struggle for Palestine -- Avi Shlaim, author of THREE WORLDS
Riveting and original ... a work enriched by solid scholarship, vivid personal experience, and acute appreciation of the concerns and aspirations of the contending parties in this deeply unequal conflict -- Noam Chomsky