Philip Mattar (Arabic:فيليب مطر; born 1944)[1] is aPalestinian Americanhistorian.[2] Born inHaifa,[3] he received his Ph.D. fromColumbia University in Middle Eastern history and has taught history atYale University,Georgetown University and theCity College of New York.[2] Mattar was aFulbright scholar, a Fellow at The Woodrow Wilson Center (September 2001 - August 2002), and a Senior Fellow at theUnited States Institute of Peace (October 2002 - July 2003).[2] He is the President of thePalestinian American Research Center inWashington D.C. whose mission is "To improve scholarship about Palestinian affairs, expand the pool of experts knowledgeable about the Palestinians, and strengthen linkages among Palestinian, American, and foreign research institutions and scholars."[4] He also served as executive director of theInstitute for Palestine Studies from 1984 to 2001.[2]
Mattar's 1988 book,The Mufti of Jerusalem: Al-Hajj Amin Al-Husayni and the Palestinian National Movement, was "the first full-length biography" ofHaj Amin al-Husseini.[5] He was the editor of the "Encyclopedia of the Palestinians", published by Facts on File in 2000. Mattar has also published inForeign Policy,Middle East Journal andMiddle Eastern Studies and was one of the experts featured onNational Public Radio's seven-part series,The Mideast: A Century of Conflict, in 2002.[2]
