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Edward Said
Best known for HARDtalk, Edward Said: Between Worlds, Aida's Brothers & Sisters
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.
Also known as: Edward Wadie Saïd, إدوارد وديع سعيد, Idwārd Wadīʿ Saʿīd
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1979–2026 · acting roles
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HARDtalk
1997
Edward Said: Between Worlds
Self
2026
Aida's Brothers & Sisters
Self
2000
The Arabs: A Living History
Writer
1979
Exiles
Self
1988
Pontecorvo: The Dictatorship of Truth
Self - Presenter
1992
Ethos
Self
2011
Out of Place: Memories of Edward Said
Self
2006
Knowledge Is the Beginning
Self
2005Writers in Conversation: Edward Said with Salman Rushdie
Himself
1986
Edward Said: Out of Place
Self
2018
Edward Said: The Myth of "The Clash of Civilizations”
1998
Edward Said On Orientalism: "The Orient" Represented in Mass Media
1998
The Shadow of the West
Narrator (voice)
1983The Shadow of the West
Writer
1983
Edward Said: The Idea of Empire
Self - Host
1993
Selves and Others: A Portrait of Edward Said
2004
The man who predicted the future of the Arabs
himself
2019
Edward Said: The Last Interview
2004
Exiles: Edward Said
Self
1988On 'Orientalism'
Self
1998Echoing Voices: From the Words of Edward W. Said
Self
2025
In Search of Palestine: Edward Said's Return Home
Edward Said
1998