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Edward W. Said was the most noted critic of the Western academic school of [[Orientalism]] and authored the highly influential book by | Edward W. Said was the most noted critic of the Western academic school of [[Orientalism]] and authored the highly influential book titled ''Orientalism''<ref>''Orientalism'' by Edward Said (1979) [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4831769 WorldCat]</ref> in 1979. He was of Palestinian birth and a Christian. Said was educated in British schools in Egypt, then at American prep schools and attended both Princeton and Harvard. He spent his entire academic career at [[Columbia University]] in New York City and was called by The New York Times "the most prominent advocate in the United States of the cause of Palestinian independence."<ref>''Edward W. Said, Polymath Scholar, Dies at 67'' [http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/26/obituaries/26SAID.html NYTimes.com Archives]</ref> He died on Wednesday, September 24, 2003 at the age of 67. | ||
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Edward W. Said was the most noted critic of the Western academic school of Orientalism and authored the highly influential book titled Orientalism[1] in 1979. He was of Palestinian birth and a Christian. Said was educated in British schools in Egypt, then at American prep schools and attended both Princeton and Harvard. He spent his entire academic career at Columbia University in New York City and was called by The New York Times "the most prominent advocate in the United States of the cause of Palestinian independence."[2] He died on Wednesday, September 24, 2003 at the age of 67.
- ↑ Orientalism by Edward Said (1979) WorldCat
- ↑ Edward W. Said, Polymath Scholar, Dies at 67 NYTimes.com Archives