Edward Said
November 1, 1935 (90 years old) in Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine
Edward Wadie Said (1 November 1935 – 24 September 2003) was a Palestinian and American academic, literary critic, and political activist. As a professor of literature at Columbia University, he was among the founders of post-colonial studies. As a cultural critic, Said is best known for his book Orientalism (1978), a foundational text which critiques the cultural representations that are the bases of Orientalism—how the Western world perceives the Orient. His model of textual analysis transformed the academic discourse of researchers in literary theory, literary criticism, and Middle Eastern studies.
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- 2025 · Echoing Voices: From the Words of Edward W. Said as Self
- 2019 · The man who predicted the future of the Arabs as himself
- 2018 · Edward Said: Out of Place as Self
- 2011 · Ethos as Self
- 2006 · Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said as Self
- 2005 · Knowledge Is the Beginning as Self
- 2004 · Selves and Others: A Portrait of Edward Said as
- 2004 · Edward Said: The Last Interview as
- 1998 · In Search of Palestine: Edward Said's Return Home as Edward Said
- 1998 · Edward Said On Orientalism: "The Orient" Represented in Mass Media as
- 1998 · On 'Orientalism' as Self
- 1998 · Edward Said: The Myth of "The Clash of Civilizations” as
- 1997 · HARDtalk as
- 1993 · Edward Said: The Idea of Empire as Self - Host
- 1992 · Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth as Self - Presenter
- 1988 · Exiles: Edward Said as Self
- 1988 · Exiles as Self
- 1986 · Writers in Conversation: Edward Said with Salman Rushdie as Himself
- 1983 · The Shadow of the West as Narrator (voice)
- Future · Edward Said: Between Worlds as Self