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Nur Masalha is a Palestinian historian and academic specializing in Middle Eastern history and politics. He has served as a professor at SOAS, University of London, and has written extensively on Palestinian identity, history, and the politics of memory.
Known for: Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History
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Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History
This book offers a comprehensive historical account of Palestine, tracing its history from ancient times to the modern era. Nur Masalha challenges dominant narratives by documenting the continuous presence of the Palestinian people and their cultural identity over four millennia. Drawing on archaeological, linguistic, and historical evidence, the author reconstructs the story of Palestine as a land and a people, emphasizing indigenous continuity and resistance to colonial erasure.
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Ancient Origins
Every history must begin with the names through which a people understand their homeland. Long before the modern usage of 'Palestine,' the land was known in Egyptian inscriptions as Canaan, and its inhabitants as the Canaanites. In these earliest written sources—from the Twelfth Dynasty of Egypt to ...
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Classical Antiquity
During the Hellenistic and Roman eras, the term 'Palestine' entered widespread usage. Herodotus in the fifth century BCE wrote of 'Palaistine Syria,' already recognizing it as a distinct geographical and cultural entity. Later, the Romans formalized this nomenclature with 'Syria Palaestina'—a term t...
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About Nur Masalha
Nur Masalha is a Palestinian historian and academic specializing in Middle Eastern history and politics. He has served as a professor at SOAS, University of London, and has written extensively on Palestinian identity, history, and the politics of memory.
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