Khalidi family

Khalidi (Arabic: خالد ي) or al-Khalidi is a prominent and politically active Palestinian Arab family from the Bani Khalid tribal confederation.^[1] They were primarily based in Jerusalem.

Khalidi family members[]

Notable members of the Khalidi or Al-Khaldi family includes:

• Anbara Salam Khalidi (1897–1986), Lebanese feminist, translator and author, married to Palestinian educator, Ahmad Samih Al Khalidi
• Husayn al-Khalidi (1895–1962), mayor of Jerusalem (1934–1937)
• Ismail Khalidi (writer) (born 1982), Palestinian American playwright, poet, director and actor; son of Rashid and Mona Khalidi
• Ismail Khalidi (1916–1968), political scientist and senior UN officer
• Mona Khalidi, senior employee at Columbia University and Palestinian activist; wife of Rashid Khalidi
• Mustafa al-Khalidi (died 1944), the last Palestinian-Arab mayor of Jerusalem (1938–1944)
• Rashid Khalidi (born 1948), Palestinian American historian of the Middle East; son of Ismail Khalidi
• Ruhi Khalidi (1864–1913), writer, teacher, activist and Ottoman politician; nephew of Yousef al-Khalidi
• Tarif Khalidi (born 1938), Palestinian historian, professor at the American University of Beirut; brother of Walid and cousin of Rashid Khalidi
• Walid Khalidi (born 1925), influential Palestinian historian; son of Ahmad Samih Khalidi, dean of the Arab College of Jerusalem
• Yousef al-Khalidi (1829 or 1842–1906), mayor of Jerusalem (1899–1907)

See also[]

• Al-Khaldi family, to whom the Al-Khalidis belong

See also[]

• Khalidi Library in Jerusalem
• al-Husayni, local adversaries of the Khalidis

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