Book by Rashid Khalidi examines how Palestinian national identity developed in the late Ottoman and British Mandate periods, arguing against the view that Palestinian nationalism was only a reactive response to Zionism. Drawing on newspapers, memoirs, diaries, and Ottoman archives, Khalidi traces how a distinct Palestinian consciousness emerged through political mobilization, print culture, and institutions in the early twentieth century. Foundational for understanding the historical roots of Palestinian national identity before the Nakba. Essential for historians and students of Palestinian nationalism, and for anyone seeking a rigorous account of how Palestinian national identity formed in the late Ottoman and British Mandate periods, predating and independent of responses to Zionism.
