Edward Said

Edward Said was a professor of literature at Columbia University, a public intellectual, and a founder of the academic field of postcolonial studies.

A Palestinian American born in Mandatory Palestine, he was a citizen of the United States by way of his father, a U.S. Army veteran.

Date of birth:
1st November, 1935
Date of death:
25th September, 2003
"Until the June 1967 war I was completely caught up in the life of a young professor of English. Beginning in 1968, I started to think, write, and travel as someone who felt himself to be directly involved in the renaissance of Palestinian life and politics."
― Edward Said
Topic(s): Travel

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