Walid Khalidi, historian of the Palestinian cause, dies aged 100

Al JazeeraCenterEN 4 min read 100% complete by Nils AdlerMarch 9, 2026 at 02:31 PM

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Walid Khalidi, a prominent Palestinian historian and scholar of the Nakba, died on Sunday in Massachusetts, US, at the age of 100. Born in Jerusalem in 1925, Khalidi co-founded the Institute for Palestine Studies in 1963 and dedicated his life to researching and documenting Palestinian history. He is best known for his meticulous work chronicling the destruction of Palestinian villages during the 1948 Nakba, particularly his book "All That Remains," which catalogued the destruction and depopulation of over 400 villages. Khalidi taught at the American University of Beirut and was a research fellow at Harvard University. His work has been lauded by scholars and officials as vital to understanding Palestinian history and preserving its memory.

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