Yes its another question regarding history of modern Israel, but what Im asking for is any bibliography (or reddit historians/reddit post?) which is written by Arabic historian, not Jewish or European/American, inclusively explaining the history surrounding state of Israel, from Jewish immigration, declaration of independence, eventually to 4 times Mid-East war.
We know tayaravaknin had made a remarkable post here http://bit.ly/1kpG47m and it was extremely helpful to understand behind the scenes, but most of his source was Jewish historians', and if Im not mistaken he is Jewish (?) American and what boggled me was that among so many of historians explaining this topic are Jewish, other than European or American, but not Arabs, the 1 of main factions of the conflict (if Im not mistaken. Im new to this subreddit).
Its an honest question and hopefully there's an answer. Please be keen to understand Im not asking for Arabic/Palestinian perspective nor Arab point of view / opinion at all; I know where Im at and I want to read historic material. (also Im not native and sorry for English mistakes); Thank you.
Quick note: Most of those sources are not the only ones I use, and are not the only ones I have access to. They're really just ones I chose to quote from. I have books upon books from all over the spectrum. To answer your question, yes, there are Arab historians who write on the conflict. They tend to be further from the academic norm, but you have to keep in mind when studying the conflict that almost all authors differ only on opinion of interpreting facts, not the archival evidence itself. And almost all of that evidence comes from Israeli and other Western archives, because Arab archives and Soviet archives (to some extent) remain closed as far as I've understood. Even Israeli archives are not fully declassified on the subject. However, Arab historians and Israeli historians are often at odds over interpreting the causes of actions because of the difficulties of parsing the evidence, and their respective political beliefs. Some Israeli historians remain at odds.
Some Arab historians (I'm including Arab-Americans/Europeans as an ethnic group, I know that's not necessarily politically correct but it works here IMO) you may like to look into are:
Palestinian Identity: The Construction of Modern National Consciousness by Rashid Khalidi. Largely considered his masterpiece, by the way.
The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood by Rashid Khalidi.
The Politics of Denial: Israel and the Palestinian Refugee Problem by Nur Masalha.
The Palestine Nakba: Decolonising History, Narrating the Subaltern, Reclaiming Memory by Nur Masalha.
The Question of Palestine by Edward Said - Dated, but a fantastic Arab insight.
The Arabs and the Holocaust by Gilbert Achcar - One of my favorite books, if only for its approach to communication. Sent him an email thank-you before for a quote that particularly sticks with me even today, and he responded very promptly and politely to boot!
From Haven to Conquest: Readings in Zionism and the Palestine Problem Until 1948 by Walid Khalidi.
These are some of the books I've come across. They're good, but not necessarily all-encompassing of the conflict, and some are dated. Many provide the same basic facts, but leave out others, as historians tend to do when their political interests are not suited or they err on one side or the other over a fact's interpretation (things as small as crossed out letters in a postcard are sources of disagreement, for example). My post remains, even with my increasing list of books under my belt and in my library, as accurate (if not as encompassing) as I'd like it to be, but if you'd like to read Arab authors specifically on the conflict (unfortunately, many of the books are political, moreso than for example Smith's Palestine and the Arab-Israeli Conflict or Tessler's A History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict) then those are places to start :). Feel free to ask if you have more requests.