Hugh Kennedy
Professor of Arabic at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, offering historical expertise on Ottoman-era Palestine and regional institutions.
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Feb 9, 2026 • 29min
Israel and the Palestinians: 3: From the Nineteenth Century to the First World War
Simon Sebag Montefiore, historian and author of a Jerusalem biography; Eugene Rogan, Oxford professor of modern Middle Eastern history; and Hugh Kennedy, SOAS professor of Arabic, discuss 19th‑century Ottoman Palestine. They cover who lived there, early Zionist waves and motivations, interactions between settlers and local Arab communities, rising local identities, Great Power interests, and Sykes‑Picot's wartime plans.
