Edward Said
Edward Said
Person

Edward Said

Actor 1935-11-01 Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine

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 disco...

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Ethos

Ethos

2011 · Self

Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth

Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth

1992 · Self - Presenter

Edward Said: The Last Interview

Edward Said: The Last Interview

2004 · Movie

HARDtalk

HARDtalk

1997 · TV

Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said

Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said

2006 · Self

Selves and Others: A Portrait of Edward Said

Selves and Others: A Portrait of Edward Said

2004 · Movie

Knowledge Is the Beginning

Knowledge Is the Beginning

2005 · Self

Edward Said: Out of Place

Edward Said: Out of Place

2018 · Self

Exiles: Edward Said

Exiles: Edward Said

1988 · Self

Edward Said: Between Worlds

Edward Said: Between Worlds

2026 · Self

Aida's Brothers & Sisters

Aida's Brothers & Sisters

2000 · Self

Exiles

Exiles

1988 · Self

The Shadow of the West

The Shadow of the West

1983 · Narrator (voice)

Edward Said: The Myth of "The Clash of Civilizations”

Edward Said: The Myth of "The Clash of Civilizations”

1998 · Movie

In Search of Palestine: Edward Said's Return Home

In Search of Palestine: Edward Said's Return Home

1998 · Edward Said

Edward Said: The Idea of Empire

Edward Said: The Idea of Empire

1993 · Self - Host

Edward Said On Orientalism: "The Orient" Represented in Mass Media

Edward Said On Orientalism: "The Orient" Represented in Mass Media

1998 · Movie

The man who predicted the future of the Arabs

The man who predicted the future of the Arabs

2019 · himself

Writers in Conversation: Edward Said with Salman Rushdie

1986 · Himself

Echoing Voices: From the Words of Edward W. Said

2025 · Self