Issam Nassar (), is a Palestinian historian of photography in Palestine and the Middle East. He is professor of History at Illinois State University and a research fellow at the Institute for Palestine Studies. He taught at the University of California at Berkeley in 2006; Bradley University in 2003âÂÂ2006 and Al-Quds University in 1998âÂÂ2003. Nassar is the co-editor of Jerusalem Quarterly () and author of books and articles, among them Laqatat Mughayirah (Different Snapshots: The History of Early Local Photography in Palestine).