Edward Said

Birthday: 1935-11-01
Deathday: 2003-09-24
Birthplace: Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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.

Credits

	Year	Title	Character
	2004-11-09	Selves and Others: A Portrait of Edward Said
	2004-06-11	Edward Said: The Last Interview
	1998-11-01	In Search of Palestine: Edward Said's Return Home	Edward Said
	1998-10-21	Edward Said On Orientalism: "The Orient" Represented in Mass Media
	1998-01-01	Edward Said: The Myth of "The Clash of Civilizations”