Walid Khalidi
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Walid Khalidi is a prominent Palestinian historian and co-founder of the Institute for Palestine Studies, known for his extensive scholarship on the Palestinian Nakba and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Walid Khalidi canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10748242 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walid Khalidi Context triple: [al-Khalidi family of Jerusalem, hasNotableMember, Walid Khalidi]
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A.
Rashid Khalidi
Rashid Khalidi is a prominent Palestinian-American historian and public intellectual known for his scholarship on Middle Eastern history and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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B.
Ziad Baroud
Ziad Baroud is a Lebanese lawyer and politician best known for serving as Lebanon’s Minister of Interior and Municipalities and for his work on electoral reform and governance.
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C.
Nawaf Salam
Nawaf Salam is a Lebanese diplomat, jurist, and former UN ambassador who serves as President of the International Court of Justice.
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D.
Shukri Shammas
Shukri Shammas is a technology entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the social gaming company Playfish.
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E.
Abdulfattah Jandali
Abdulfattah Jandali is a Syrian-born immigrant and academic who is best known as the biological father of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Walid Khalidi Target entity description: Walid Khalidi is a prominent Palestinian historian and co-founder of the Institute for Palestine Studies, known for his extensive scholarship on the Palestinian Nakba and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
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A.
Rashid Khalidi
Rashid Khalidi is a prominent Palestinian-American historian and public intellectual known for his scholarship on Middle Eastern history and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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B.
Ziad Baroud
Ziad Baroud is a Lebanese lawyer and politician best known for serving as Lebanon’s Minister of Interior and Municipalities and for his work on electoral reform and governance.
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C.
Nawaf Salam
Nawaf Salam is a Lebanese diplomat, jurist, and former UN ambassador who serves as President of the International Court of Justice.
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D.
Shukri Shammas
Shukri Shammas is a technology entrepreneur best known as a co-founder of the social gaming company Playfish.
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E.
Abdulfattah Jandali
Abdulfattah Jandali is a Syrian-born immigrant and academic who is best known as the biological father of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Palestinian historian
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editor ⓘ historian ⓘ public intellectual ⓘ |
| areaOfActivism |
Palestinian national rights
ⓘ
advocacy for Palestinian refugees ⓘ |
| citizenship | Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coFounderOf | Institute for Palestine Studies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfBirth | Mandatory Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
University of Oxford
ⓘ
surface form:
Oxford University
University of London ⓘ |
| employer |
American University of Beirut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harvard University ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Palestinian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Khalidi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Arab–Israeli conflict
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Middle Eastern history ⓘ Nakba studies ⓘ Palestinian history ⓘ Palestinian refugees ⓘ history ⓘ |
| givenName | Walid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
co-founding the Institute for Palestine Studies
ⓘ
documentation of depopulated Palestinian villages ⓘ research on the Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ scholarship on the Palestinian Nakba ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Arabic
ⓘ
English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Khalidi family of Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | Walid Khalidi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Palestinian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableIdea | systematic documentation of Palestinian villages depopulated in 1948 ⓘ |
| notableWork |
All That Remains: The Palestinian Villages Occupied and Depopulated by Israel in 1948
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Before Their Diaspora: A Photographic History of the Palestinians, 1876–1948 NERFINISHED ⓘ From Haven to Conquest: Readings in Zionism and the Palestine Problem Until 1948 NERFINISHED ⓘ Plan Dalet: Master Plan for the Conquest of Palestine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
ⓘ
researcher ⓘ university professor ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | international conferences on the Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
board member of the Institute for Palestine Studies
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general secretary of the Institute for Palestine Studies ⓘ |
| religion | Islam ⓘ |
| residence |
Beirut
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cambridge, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Mahmoud Yazbak (note: verify; marital details may be uncertain) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| taughtAt |
American University of Beirut
NERFINISHED
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Harvard University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Walid Khalidi Description of subject: Walid Khalidi is a prominent Palestinian historian and co-founder of the Institute for Palestine Studies, known for his extensive scholarship on the Palestinian Nakba and the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.