Edward Said may be the world’s most famous English professor, and its most famous Palestinian after Yasir Arafat. In the academy, he is best known for his influential critique of “Orientalism,” that ...

Exile has been a harsh reality for many intellectuals, writes Alon Confino, a professor of modern German and European history at the University of Virginia. In an issue devoted to “meditations on ...

The serenity of Edward Said’s household routine in the last 20 years of his life offered a conspicuous contrast to the nonstop turbulence of his public persona. He lived on Manhattan’s Riverside Drive ...

Charles Gaines, "Faces 1: Identity Politics, #10, Edward Said" (2018) on view at the ICA Miami on March 7 (photo used with permission) The Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami (ICA) quietly removed a ...

Edward Said and Ibrahim Abu-Lughod, 1986. (Photo by Jean Mohr) “Edward Said was our prince,” the Egyptian novelist Ahdaf Soueif recently said in a conversation reflecting on the Palestinian public ...

This is a tribute piece to Edward Said considering the recent 15th anniversary of his passing. I first discovered Edward Said, from memory, in my early 20s (I’m 42 now). While reading for my Masters, ...

Edward Said: “The Idea of Palestine Hounds Zionists” In September of 1982, Edward Said analyzed the Zionist invasion of Lebanon, calling for justice for Palestinians. Days later, the right wing ...

Edward Said, whose advocacy of the Palestinian cause made him among the most prominent and controversial figures in American intellectual life, died early Wednesday evening, following a long struggle ...

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The recent firefights that have exploded this May between Hamas and the Israeli Army in Gaza—with more casualties on the Palestinian than on the Israeli side—sent me back to The Question of Palestine, ...

This issue is preventing our website from loading properly. Please review the following troubleshooting tips or contact us at [email protected]. Review: Edward Said Saw the Future of Israel and ...

The life of our colleague Edward Said, who died on September 25, brings to mind the words of Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: “It is required of a man that he should share the passion and action of his ...