Edward Said
Biography
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 transforme...
Also Known As
Edward Wadie Saïd, إدوارد وديع سعيد, Idwārd Wadīʿ Saʿīd
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Edward Said's Movies
Ethos
10 Feb 2011
Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth
05 May 1992
Edward Said: The Last Interview
11 Jun 2004
Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said
11 Oct 2006
Selves and Others: A Portrait of Edward Said
09 Nov 2004
Exiles: Edward Said
23 Jun 1988
Knowledge Is the Beginning
25 Aug 2005
Edward Said: Out of Place
11 Nov 2018
Edward Said On Orientalism: "The Orient" Represented in Mass Media
21 Oct 1998
On 'Orientalism'
01 Jan 1998
Writers in Conversation: Edward Said with Salman Rushdie
01 Jan 1986
In Search of Palestine: Edward Said's Return Home
01 Nov 1998
The man who predicted the future of the Arabs
31 May 2019
The Shadow of the West
21 Nov 1983
Edward Said: The Idea of Empire
12 Feb 1993
Echoing Voices: From the Words of Edward W. Said
18 May 2025
Edward Said: The Myth of "The Clash of Civilizations”
01 Jan 1998
Edward Said: Between Worlds
12 Sept 2026
