Wadie Elias Jwaideh (1 July 1916 – 9 March 2001)[1][2][3] was an Iraqi American professor of history known for his work on the Kurds.
Jwaideh was born in the southern Iraqi city of Basra, into an Arabic-speaking Christian family that later moved to Baghdad.
After graduating he joined the faculty of Indiana University as a history professor, where he founded the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Literature.
[4] His book “The Kurdish National Movement” was selected as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2006.
[5] Jwaideh understood the Kurdish socio-political system as operating at a tribal (aşiret) level before the twentieth century.