This dissertation investigates the development of the social roles of Muslim Palestinian scholars (ulama) and their intellectual tendencies during the 19th century. It begins with an examination of Palestinian society in the first half of the 19th century and continues in the second half with the introduction of Ottoman reform (Tanzimat) and intensive interaction with European modernity. By integrating the Palestinian experience into the historiography of Islamic reform, traditionalism, and Arab nationalism, this project seeks to expand the scope of modern Arab and Islamic intellectual and social history.
This dissertation investigates the development of the social roles of Muslim Palestinian scholars (ulama) and their intellectual tendencies during the 19th century. It begins with an examination of Palestinian society in the first half of the 19th century and continues in the second half with the introduction of Ottoman reform (Tanzimat) and intensive interaction with European modernity. By integrating the Palestinian experience into the historiography of Islamic reform, traditionalism, and Arab nationalism, this project seeks to expand the scope of modern Arab and Islamic intellectual and social history.