Edward Said
Known for ActingBorn 1935-11-01 — died 2003-09-24Jerusalem, 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 discourse of researchers in literary theory, literary criticism, and Middle Eastern studies.
Known for
Knowledge Is the Beginning
2005 · as Self
Ethos
2011 · as Self
Edward Said: Out of Place
2018 · as Self
Edward Said On Orientalism: "The Orient" Represented in Mass Media
1998
Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said
2006 · as Self
The Shadow of the West
1983 · as Narrator (voice)
Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth
1992 · as Self - Presenter
Edward Said: The Idea of Empire
1993 · as Self - Host
Edward Said: The Myth of "The Clash of Civilizations”
1998
Selves and Others: A Portrait of Edward Said
2004
Edward Said: The Last Interview
2004
Writers in Conversation: Edward Said with Salman Rushdie
1986 · as Himself
In Search of Palestine: Edward Said's Return Home
1998 · as Edward Said
On 'Orientalism'
1998 · as Self
The man who predicted the future of the Arabs
2019 · as himself
Echoing Voices: From the Words of Edward W. Said
2025 · as Self
Exiles: Edward Said
1988 · as Self