Philip Mattar

Philip Mattar (; born 1944) is a Palestinian American historian. Born in Haifa, he received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in Middle Eastern history and has taught history at Yale University, Georgetown University and the City College of New York. He also served as executive director of the Institute for Palestine Studies from 1984 to 2001. He was the editor of the "Encyclopedia of the Palestinians", published by Facts on File in 2000. Mattar has also published in Foreign Policy, Middle East Journal and Middle Eastern Studies and was one of the experts featured on National Public Radio's seven-part series, The Mideast: A Century of Conflict, in 2002.