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Edward Said
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…
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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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2026
Edward Said: Between Worlds
Movie Self
- 2025
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2019
The man who predicted the future of the Arabs
Movie himself
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2018
Edward Said: Out of Place
Movie Self
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2011
Ethos
Movie Self
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2006
Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said
Movie Self
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2005
Knowledge Is the Beginning
Movie Self
- 2004
- 2004
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2000
Aida's Brothers & Sisters
Movie Self
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1998
In Search of Palestine: Edward Said's Return Home
Movie Edward Said
- 1998
- 1998
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1998
On 'Orientalism'
Movie Self
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1997
HARDtalk
TV show
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1993
Edward Said: The Idea of Empire
Movie Self - Host
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1992
Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth
Movie Self - Presenter
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1988
Exiles: Edward Said
Movie Self
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1988
Exiles
TV show Self
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1986
Writers in Conversation: Edward Said with Salman Rushdie
Movie Himself
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1983
The Shadow of the West
Movie Narrator (voice)
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1979
The Arabs: A Living History
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