«Before Their Diaspora: A Photographic History Of The Palestinians 18761948», KHALIDI, Walid (2010)
Before Their Diaspora is a visual journey into Palestine before 1948. Every important aspect of Palestinian society comes to life in the nearly 510 photographs, carefully selected from thousands available in private and public collections throughout the world. Descriptive, analytical texts, introduce each of the five historical periods into which the book is divided. Carefully researched, captions identify the time, place, personalities and context of each photograph.
The Institute for Palestine Studies first published it in 1984.