Nur Masalha's work focuses on the history, politics, and theology of Palestine, including themes such as the Palestinian Nakba, Zionism, and liberation theology.
15 Facts About Nur Masalha
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Nur ad-Din Masalha was born on January 4,1957, in Galilee, Israel.
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Nur Masalha completed his undergraduate studies with a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Politics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1979, followed by a Master of Arts in Middle East Politics in 1982.
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Nur Masalha has held various academic and research positions throughout his career.
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Nur Masalha was a professor of religion and politics at St Mary's University, Twickenham, where he directed the Centre for Religion and History and the Holy Land Research Project.
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Nur Masalha has been a professorial research associate at School of Oriental and African Studies and a member of the Centre for Palestine Studies and the London Middle East Institute at the University of London.
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Nur Masalha has held honorary fellowships and research positions at institutions such as the Centre for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Durham University and the Kuwait Programme, Department of Government, London School of Economics.
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Nur Masalha has taught at Birzeit University in Ramallah, West Bank.
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Nur Masalha is co-founder and editor-in-chief of Journal of Holy Land and Palestine Studies, formerly Holy Land Studies, a peer-reviewed journal published by Edinburgh University Press.
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Nur Masalha's work focuses on decolonizing history, reclaiming Palestinian voices, and critiquing Zionist ideology.
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Nur Masalha has critically engaged with Zionist historiography, particularly focusing on the work of historian Benny Morris.
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Alongside Norman Finkelstein, Nur Masalha has criticized Morris's first publication on the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight.
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Nur Masalha argues that Morris's conclusions exhibit a pro-Israeli bias, as they rely on selectively released Israeli documentation, with more sensitive materials inaccessible to researchers.
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Additionally, he contends that Morris uncritically accepted Israeli documents, which Nur Masalha describes as occasionally apologetic.
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Nur Masalha argued that Masalha and Finkelstein drew their conclusions from a pro-Palestinian perspective and defended his "narrow and severe" definition of expulsions.