Ulf Andersen / SantiagoFelipe.com “We’d always wanted something like this,” asserts Najla Said.
Najla is the daughter and eldest child of the late scholar, intellectual and activist Edward Said, whose 1978 book “Orientalism” — examining the Western world’s skewed perception of the East — is considered a canonical work in the area of post-colonial studies. Born in Palestine and educated in America, Said taught comparative literature at Columbia University from 1963 to 2003, served on the Palestinian National Council and was the most prominent advocate in the U.S. for Palestinian human rights, urging the world to recognize the Nakba.
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