Edward Wadie Said (November 1, 1935 – September 24, 2003; ) was a well-known Palestinian-American literary theorist, critic, and outspoken pro-Palestinian activist. He was a professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University. He is regarded as a founding figure in post-colonial theory.

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Said was born in Jerusalem (then in the British Mandate of Palestine). His father was a wealthy Christian Palestinian businessman and an American citizen, while his mother was born in Nazareth of Christian Lebanese and Palestinian descent . The historian and writer Rosemarie Said Zahlan was his sister. According to Said's autobiography, he lived between Cairo and Jerusalem until the age of 12 and, in 1947, he attended the Anglican St. George's Academy when he was in Jerusalem. According to Said, his extended family became refugees in 1948 during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War because the family home was in the affluent quarter of Talbiya in the western part of Jerusalem that was annexed by Israel. In 1998, Said wrote: "I was born in Jerusalem and had spent most of my formative years there and, after 1948, when my entire family became refugees, in Egypt." May 7, 1998.

At age 14, Said entered Victoria College in Cairo, and then Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts, the United States. He received his B.A. from Princeton University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University, where he won the Bowdoin Prize. He joined the faculty of Columbia University in 1963 and served as a professor of English and Comparative Literature for several decades. Said became the Parr Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia, in 1977, and subsequently became the Old Dominion Foundation Professor in the Humanities. In 1992, Said attained the rank of University Professor, which is Columbia's most prestigious academic position. He also taught at Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and Yale universities. He spoke Arabic, English and French fluently and was literate in Spanish, German, Italian and Latin.

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The Pen and the Sword: Conversations with Edward Said - by David Barsamian et al. - Haymarket Books. http://bit.ly/75y1Du
politics_book (New Politics Books) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:32:43 -0000
The Pen and the Sword: Conversations with Edward Said - by David Barsamian et al. - Haymarket Books. http://bit.ly/75y1Du
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I don't know if I've said it before, but I love Urban Dictionary's definition of Edward Cullen :D
ssimon_ (Simon) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 12:24:06 -0000
I don't know if I've said it before, but I love Urban Dictionary's definition of Edward Cullen :D
Playwriting: People often ask me how long it takes me to write a play, and I tell them 'all of my life - said Edward Albee
Drama_Audio (Drama_Audio) Fri, 01 Jan 2010 10:36:10 -0000
Playwriting: People often ask me how long it takes me to write a play, and I tell them 'all of my life - said Edward Albee

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