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Edward Said
Also Known As: Edward Wadie Saïd, إدوارد وديع سعيد, Idwārd Wadīʿ Saʿīd
Birth Date
November 1, 1935
Death Date
September 24, 2003
(passed away at 67)
Place of Birth
Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine
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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 transformed the academic discourse of researchers in literary theory, literary criticism, and Middle Eastern studies.
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HARDtalk
1997 • 1 episode
Edward Said: Between Worlds
Self
2026
Edward Said: Out of Place
Self
2018
Edward Said On Orientalism: "The Orient" Represented in Mass Media
1998
Knowledge Is the Beginning
Self
2005
Exiles
Self
1988 • 1 episode
Ethos
Self
2011
The Shadow of the West
Narrator (voice)
1983
Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said
Self
2006
Exiles: Edward Said
Self
1988
Edward Said: The Last Interview
2004
Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth
Self - Presenter
1992
Edward Said: The Myth of "The Clash of Civilizations”
1998
Edward Said: The Idea of Empire
Self - Host
1993
Writers in Conversation: Edward Said with Salman Rushdie
Himself
1986
On 'Orientalism'
Self
1998
The man who predicted the future of the Arabs
himself
2019
Selves and Others: A Portrait of Edward Said
2004
In Search of Palestine: Edward Said's Return Home
Edward Said
1998
Echoing Voices: From the Words of Edward W. Said
Self
2025