Television for serious readers. [inaudible conversations] [applause] good evening everybody. I am bradley graham, the coowner of politics and prose. On behalf of everyone, welcome and thank you very much for coming. Its really great to welcome back to the store, rashid khalidi. Who is among the worlds foremost scholars on palestinian identity and nationalism. Hes been a professor of arab studies at Columbia University now for 17 years. Before that, taught at the university of chicago for a decade andahalf. Hes also editor of the journal of palestine studies. And the author of seven previous books on the middle east. His newest work, the hundred years war on palestine. Covers some aspects of palestinian history that rashid has written about before that this is a more personal book and a more provocative one. Personal because rashid merges scholarship with personal stories drawn from generations of his own family members. Who are present at key events. And provocative because he offers a