Philip Mattar

Philip Mattar (born 1944) [ [http://isbndb.com/d/person/mattar_philip.html Bibliography of Mattar, Philip, by subject] ] is a Palestinian American historian, [http://www.amazon.ca/Encyclopedia-Palestinians-Phillip-Mattar/dp/081603043X Encyclopedia of the Palestinians (Hardcover)] Amazon.com Incorporate.] who is fluent in English and Arabic. [http://www.usip.org/specialists/bios/archives/mattar.html Guide to Specialists: Phillip Mattar] United States Institute of Peace] Born in Jerusalem, He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in Middle Eastern history and has taught history at Yale, Georgetown, and the City College of New York. Mattar was a Fulbright scholar, a Fellow at The Woodrow Wilson Center (September 2001-August 2002), and a Senior Fellow at the
United States Institute of Peace (October 2002-July 2003). He is the President of the Palestinian American Research Center in Washington D.C. and was executive director of the Institute for Palestine Studies 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 Amin al-Husayni. [ [http://cup.columbia.edu/book/978-0-231-06463-7/the-mufti-of-jerusalem The Mufti of Jerusalem: Muhammad Amin al-Husayni and the Palestinian Question] ] Mattar has also published in "Foreign Policy", "Middle East Journal" and "Middle Eastern Studies" and was one of the "experts" featured on National Public Radio's seven-part series, "The Mideast: A Century of Conflict," in 2002.

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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.