Tarif Khalidi
| Tarif Khalidi طريف الخالدي | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 24, 1938 Jerusalem |
| Residence | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Alma mater | University of Chicago |
| Occupation | Scholar of Islamic history and Arabic studies |
| Known for | His English translation of the Qur'an, and other Islamic scholarship including The Muslim Jesus, Arabic Historical Thought in the Classical Period and Images of Muhammad |
Tarif Khalidi (Arabic: طريف الخالدي), born January 24, 1938, in Jerusalem, is a Palestinian historian who now holds the Shaykh Zayid Chair in Islamic and Arabic Studies at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon.
Khalidi is the son of Ahmad Samih Khalidi (1896–1951) and Anbara Salam (1897–1986), and the brother of historian Walid Khalidi. His sister is Randa al-Fattal, a Palestinian-Syrian author, playwright and political activist. Palestinian-American historian Rashid Khalidi is Tarif's first cousin.
Khalidi's son, Muhammad Ali Khalidi, is a philosophy professor at York University. His daughter, Aliya Khalidi, is a lecturer at the Lebanese American University. The Khalidi family has lived in Jerusalem since the eleventh century and is noted for a long line of judges and scholars. Tarif's father was principal of the Government Arab College in Jerusalem from 1925 until 1948. He also served as Deputy Director of Education under the British Mandate. He was the author of several pioneering works on educational theory and on Palestinian history. Khalidi’s mother came from a prominent Beiruti political family. She was a pioneer feminist, activist and writer; and the first Muslim woman in Greater Syria (Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Palestine) to publicly remove her veil in 1927. She also translated several literary works into Arabic, including Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey, and published her memoirs in 1978.
Khalidi and his family were "driven out of their home in April 1948 by advancing Zionist forces." The family sought refuge in Beirut.
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