Nur-eldeen Masalha

Who is Nur-eldeen Masalha?

Nur-eldeen Masalha is a Palestinian writer and academic.

He is Historian and Professor of Religion and Politics and Director of the Centre for Religion and History and the Holy Land Research Project at St. Mary's University College, University of Surrey. He is also Programme Director of the MA in Religion, Politics and Conflict Resolution at St Mary's. He is currently also Professorial Research Associate, Department of History, School of Oriental and African Studies. He is also a member of the Kuwait Programme, Department of Government, London School of Economics.

He is also the editor of Holy Land Studies: A Multidisciplinary Journal, published by Edinburgh University Press, and the author of many books on Palestine-Israel, including The Zionist Bible: Biblical Precedent, Colonialism and the Erasure of Memory, The Palestine Nakba: Decolonising History, Narrating the Subaltern, Reclaiming Memory, The Bible and Zionism: Invented Traditions, Archaeology and Post-Colonialism in Palestine-Israel, A Land Without a People, Expulsion of the Palestinians: The Concept of "Transfer" in Zionist Political Thought, 1882-1948, Imperial Israel and the Palestinians: The Politics of Expansion and The Politics of Denial: Israel and the Palestinian Refugee Problem.