Edward Said

Known for ActingBorn 1935-11-01Died 2003-09-24Jerusalem, 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.Read more

Movies & web series

Edward Said: Out of Place

Knowledge Is the Beginning

Exiles: Edward Said

HARDtalk

Selves and Others: A Portrait of Edward Said

Ethos

Edward Said: The Last Interview

Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said

Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth

Echoing Voices: From the Words of Edward W. Said

The man who predicted the future of the Arabs

Edward Said On Orientalism: "The Orient" Represented in Mass Media

On 'Orientalism'

In Search of Palestine: Edward Said's Return Home

Edward Said: The Myth of "The Clash of Civilizations”

Edward Said: The Idea of Empire

Exiles

Writers in Conversation: Edward Said with Salman Rushdie

The Shadow of the West

The Arabs: A Living History

Edward Said: Between Worlds