Philip Mattar ( ar, فيليب مطر, born 1944) is a Palestinian American

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Born in

Jerusalem Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...

,Encyclopedia of the Palestinians (Hardcover)
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in Middle Eastern history and has taught history at

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and the

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. Mattar was a

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, a Fellow at The Woodrow Wilson Center (September 2001 - August 2002), and a Senior Fellow at the

(October 2002 - July 2003). He is the President of the Palestinian American Research Center in

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whose mission is "To improve scholarship about Palestinian affairs, expand the pool of experts knowledgeable about the Palestinians, and strengthen linkages among Palestinian, American, and foreign research institutions and scholars." He also served as executive director of the

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from 1984 to 2001. Mattar's 1988 book, ''The Mufti of Jerusalem: Al-Hajj Amin Al-Husayni and the Palestinian National Movement'', was "the first full-length biography" of

Haj Amin al-Husseini Mohammed Amin al-Husseini ( ar, محمد أمين الحسيني 1897 – 4 July 1974) was a Palestinian Arab nationalist and Muslim leader in Mandatory Palestine. Al-Husseini was the scion of the al-Husayni family of Jerusalemite Arab notable ...

.The Mufti of Jerusalem: Muhammad Amin al-Husayni and the Palestinian Question
/ref> He was the editor of the "Encyclopedia of the Palestinians", published by Facts on File in 2005. Mattar has also published in ''Foreign Policy'', ''Middle East Journal'' and ''Middle Eastern Studies'' and was one of the experts featured on

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's seven-part series, ''The Mideast: A Century of Conflict'', in 2002.

References

Major works

* Author. ''The Mufti of Jerusalem: Al-Hajj Amin Al-Husayni and the Palestinian National Movement.'' Columbia University Press. 1988, 1992. * Co-editor. ''Encyclopedia of the modern Middle East.'' Macmillan Reference USA. 1996. * Editor. ''Encyclopedia of the Palestinians.'' Facts on File. 2000, 2005. * Co-editor. ''Encyclopedia of the modern Middle East and North Africa.'' Thomson Gale/Macmillan Reference USA. 2004. {{DEFAULTSORT:Mattar, Philip 1944 births Living people 20th-century Palestinian historians Palestinian emigrants to the United States Historians of the Middle East 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers People from Jerusalem American male non-fiction writers Fulbright alumni