Edward Said

Edward Wadie Said (إدوارد سعيد) (born Jerusalem, November 1, 1935 – died New York, September 24, 2003) was a well-known Palestinian-born American literary theorist, critic and outspoken Palestinian activist. According to Columbia News (Columbia University), he was "one of the most influential scholars in the world."

External links

• Columbia News mourns passing of Edward Said
• The Edward Said Archive, unofficial site
• Edward Said index on The Electronic Intifada
• Edward Said dossier (Le Monde diplomatique)
• Bibliography or reviews
• South End Press, Said's South End Press titles and a brief bio
• Islam Through Western Eyes, article by Said explaining the essential thesis of Orientalism
• Remembering Edward Said, obituary
• Zmag.org/Middle East Watch, several remembrances
• A Mighty and Passionate Heart, obituary by Alexander Cockburn on Counterpunch
• Edward, a remembrance by Dr. Hanan Ashrawi
• Al-Ahram, obituary and links to all of Said's columns in that newspaper
• More Links by R. Lichtensteiger
• Tribute and archive of Democracy Now! appearances
• "Writing to the moment" Review of Said's work, at the occasion of the anniversary of his death (The Guardian)
• "Edward W. Said, 1935 - 2003" Remembrance of Said on 1st anniversary of his death at 3 Quarks Daily
• Edward Said's Splash Said's impact on Middle Eastern studies, by Martin Kramer.
• Talk at Berkeley on Palestine and the universality of Human Rights Part 1, Part 2 from tucradio.org

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Links to the Commentary article by Justus Reid Weiner and a second article which alleges deliberate falsehoods by Edward Said:

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• "My Beautiful Old House" and Other Fabrications by Edward Said by Justus Reid Weiner, Commentary Magazine, September 1999
• The Lies of Edward Said by Jeff Jacoby, FrontPageMagazine.com, October 2, 2000

Links to articles which refute the allegations:

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• Commentary "Scholar" Deliberately Falsified Record in Attack on Said Counterpunch.
• Defamation, Revisionist Style by Edward Said
• The hazards of publishing a memoir by Edward Said
• The 'Commentary' School of Falsification by Christopher Hitchens
• On the Attacks on Edward Said .. Justus Weiner is a Fanatical Racist by Francis Boyle
• Friends rally to repulse attack on Edward Said by Julian Borger
• Letter to the Boston Globe by Naseer H. Aruri