arabic pronunciation arabic november september palestinian american literary professor english history comparative literature columbia_university public intellectual founder post colonial studies palestinian arab born jerusalem days mandatory palestine american citizen way father veteran world war having moved jerusalem young boy said later advocate political human rights palestinian people cultural critic said known book critical analysis believed culturally inaccurate representations bases western study eastern world presents perceive represent said argued scholarship remains tied societies produced work inherently political power suspect thesis defined political culture arises shapes political culture turn book said shows european thought people colony shows political culture shapes colony model influenced literary theory literary criticism especially field middle eastern studies transformed academic discourse researchers examine describe define cultures middle_east academic historians disagreed thesis especially anglo american historian derived said knowledge colonial literature literary theories post theories critical works educated western canon british school egypt said wrote autobiography place applied education cultural gaps political cultural understanding west middle_east improving western understanding israeli palestinian conflict telling decade long membership controversial public intellectual drawing experiences family palestinian christians middle_east time establishment said argued establishment palestinian state ensure equal political human rights israel including right return way political pressure israel recognize grant respect human rights vein said criticized political cultural policies arab muslim regimes acted national interests peoples said remained active late life dying september interview said summarized role status quo judge criticize choose choice agency return individual stated ideal community interests profitable commercial goals values human decent way acknowledging difficult goals achieve think biography early life born november businessman jerusalem native palestinian arab christian man component commanded general world war war time military service granted said citizenship family mother born mother raised war ended established business cairo partnership cousin like husband arab christian said family practiced variety greek orthodox christianity edward sister pursued academic career like brother education said described early life boy life lived worlds cairo jerusalem young man years said enrolled jerusalem later describe experience arab family like connected british mother admired edward viii prince wales year birth student early years palestinian going school egypt english american passport certain identity matters worse arabic native language english school language mixed known language felt fully home dream time speak english sentence find echoing arabic vice versa late 1940s school days included egyptian branch classmate later actor remembered physically abusive classmates included king jordan egyptian syrian arabian boys academic careers progressed ministers prime ministers leading businessmen respective countries colonial time school educated selection arab young men ruling class course careers rule respective countries british school attended sent school moment student victoria college given student handbook series regulations governing aspect school life kind uniform wear equipment needed sports dates school holidays bus schedules school rule opening page handbook read english language school students caught speaking language punished native speakers english students masters british crew arabs kinds greeks italians jews turks native language school explicitly outlawed nearly spoke arabic spoke arabic french able refuge common language defiance perceived colonial despite high intelligence academic achievements said proved troublesome student expelled sent egypt eastern attended massachusetts elite college prep boarding school endured psychologically difficult year social nonetheless said excelled academically achieved rank second class students later retrospect parents decision send far middle_east influenced prospects people like uncertain best send far away possible realities life interwoven cultures feeling place far home affected said degree adult life themes continually arose academic political intellectual works wrote said matured intellectual young man fluent english french arabic earning bachelor_of_arts master arts degrees princeton_university respectively followed doctor philosophy english literature harvard_university despite intellectual achievements said battle identity related language arabic english specifically continued adult life discusses battle language place reflections exile describing carry life career peers examined particular aspect identity intellectual porter language things career said joined columbia_university member english comparative literature taught worked visiting professor comparative literature harvard fellow center advanced study science stanford_university professor english comparative literature columbia_university subsequently professor visiting professor said worked visiting professor yale_university universities said universities middle_east canada united_states europe published books lifetime said promoted professor highest rank academic job columbia_university said served president editor arab studies quarterly executive board member letters said presented bbc annual lecture series titled representation intellectual examined role public intellectual contemporary society bbc published literary production said published book expansion presented earn phd later criticism society remark said entire career project said ideas works 17th century philosopher intellectuals book beginnings intention method theoretical bases literary criticism said later works include world text critic nationalism literature culture representations intellectual democratic criticism late style like post modern intellectual philosophers said fascinated people western world perceive peoples things different culture effects society politics power literature led founding intellectual post colonial criticism remains principal cultural contribution said influential critical interpretations works bolstered intellectual reputation cultural critic established critique description analyses source inaccurate cultural representations foundation western thought middle_east west represents east thesis proposes existence subtle persistent prejudice islamic peoples culture derives western culture long tradition false images asia general middle_east particular said argued perceptions consequent cultural representations served continue serve implicit colonial ambitions european powers likewise said criticized denounced political cultural regimes ruling arab false representations arabic culture created anglo far united_states concerned slight arabs essentially seen oil suppliers potential terrorists little detail human density passion arab life entered awareness people profession report arab world instead series crude islamic world presented way world vulnerable military aggression said contended western study islamic civilization political meant self objective intellectual inquiry academic study oriental studies functioned practical method cultural discrimination domination western knows orient exerted impact fields literary theory cultural studies human geography history oriental studies parting philosophical works works early western critics western views islam middle ages said argued derived perceptions east west suspect accepted face value faithful true accurate representations oriental peoples things said proposed history european colonial rule consequent political domination eastern writing meaning culturally sympathetic transforming term doubt controversial example englishman india egypt later nineteenth century took interest countries far status mind british colonies different saying academic knowledge india egypt tinged impressed violated gross political fact saying study said orient represented antiquity western literature painting sculpture form stereotypes example cites greek tragedy protagonist fails falls true nature east europe politically dominated asia degree objective western texts orient culturally biased degree western scholars appropriated intellectual tasks studying exploring interpreting languages histories cultures orient implying peoples incapable speaking capable composing cultural historical narratives written asia past constructing modern identities asia perspective establishes west cultural norm emulate exotic concluded western writing orient depicts oriental culture weak condition greatly contrasted rational strong masculine culture west said says artificial relation derives european psychological need create difference cultural inequality west east inequality attributed cultural inherent oriental peoples things intellectual cultural commercial success book assumed historical resonance wake war petroleum recent events surprised western countries europe expect pro active decisive definitive actions non western peoples ideology defined weak societies countries said reality israeli military arab economic warfare demonstrated fictional nature representations western perceptions non western criticism provoked professional personal criticism incurred historian said unfortunate professional consequences public perception intellectual quality scholarship stated said work drawing critical theory caused unfortunate consequences think tendency middle_east studies field adopt word swear word essentially referring people wrong position arab israeli dispute people judged conservative good good disciplines people word thought enables people dismiss certain scholars works think bad meant term kind slogan historical pen double standards inside social said said west dominated east ottoman_empire political military threat europe late 17th century errors edward said reported said incorrectly described british_empire extending egypt india late 19th century ottoman_empire simultaneously active region empire information intelligence gathering india said height european european power orient absolute depended local collaborators strategies european powers collaborated peoples lust knowing enemies said palestine egypt poor historical examples european control short periods late 19th early 20th centuries believed said ignored better examples british india russia asian said sought score political points west actions middle_east ideological war ideas erupted book particular intellectual nemesis said thesis said identified lewis book perfect establishment work objective liberal scholarship reality close propaganda subject material sheer anti trace critical self consciousness experience achieved sublime confidence purely political exploits require time mention worth series articles particularly weak book muslim discovery europe lewis busy responding argument insisting western quest knowledge societies unique motivated pure curiosity contrast muslims able interested getting knowledge europe knowledge europe acceptable criterion true knowledge lewis arguments presented exclusively scholar time authority drawn anti islamic anti arab cold war covered little common science learning lewis replied said lewis works political propaganda anti intellectual essays critical said works lewis later joined academics said represents flawed account scholarship said edition answered criticisms edition book critics argued said followers failed critically distinguish varieties featured western popular culture mass communications media temple doom oriental studies languages histories cultures eastern world discovery india past said said opposition discourse prompted create failing distinguish secular intellectual traditions age enlightenment stated said ignored wide range fundamental differences opinion nature oriental peoples things failed acknowledge sought establish cultural cultural difference east west scholars discoveries later provided foundations anti imperial nationalism said times literary supplement theoretical flaw failure distinguish numerous writers held different cultural perspectives experiences orient german poet traveled east french novelist toured egypt french advanced racist theories semitic peoples british translator fluent arabic defending west critique said varied origins cultural attitudes rode factual historical considerations said ignored order construct stereotype europeans thesis nature lust knowing enemies said said ignored domination 19th century oriental studies german scholars countries imperial colonies orient earlier critics said brief survey german scholarship limited book leading said counter demonstrated brief survey limits scholarly value application thesis politics discourse applied eastern world opposition western world personal article afraid said establishing ethnicity cultural background tests authority studying orient drew attention ethnic cultural identities palestinian man colonial british middle_east article historiography british empire said said education british american disqualified writing orient virtue arguments said lived adult life university professor argued representations embedded language culture institutions political interwoven great things truth representation excessive cultural trapped academic said post colonial theorist followers web limits speak cultural representations whilst simultaneously allowing said deny existence objective truth orient publication said praised intellectual superstar range inquiry drawing literary theory comparative literature history political commentary cultural criticism music criticism text field post colonial studies called central truth images east incursions terrain historically gone hand hand influential book area theory written author explains basic introduction shaped real history wider philosophical intellectual context said academic friends foes acknowledged influence scholarship critics argued thesis limiting influence scholars whilst supporters said thesis fields post colonial cultural studies attempt explain post colonial world peoples validity continue especially field middle eastern studies scholarship especially applicable literary criticism cultural studies including reviews post colonial history india modern literary theories iran people interrupted eastern_europe developed concept derived ideas historian eastern europe map civilization mind enlightenment said ideas bulgarian historian imagining balkans presented concept derived concept middle eastern historian presented concept biblical historical analysis complex local palestinian reality occurred 1830s early 20th century notes selective usage religion approaching holy land created view holy land devoid history biblical impacts theological studies said post colonial discourse impact appearance post colonial theology post colonial biblical criticism reader approach scripture perspective colonial reader information book named bible invented traditions post palestine israel politics day war said entered public sphere counter perceived news media explained arab israeli wars claimed divorced historical realities middle_east general palestine israel particular address explain correct issue said published arab portrayed descriptive essay images arab meant evade specific discussion historical cultural realities peoples live middle_east featured journalism scholarship essay standpoint victims said argued favour political legitimacy authenticity claims right jewish homeland inherent right national self determination palestinian people said books israel palestine include question palestine politics end peace process said suffered personal consequences political activism said public statements state nature arab israeli relations officially said said nazi anti statements viewed anti set fire office columbia_university family continually subjected death threats said independent member proponent state solution israeli palestinian conflict voted establishment meeting meeting said quit membership protest internal politics lead signing oslo declaration principles thought accord terms unacceptable rejected said displeased oslo produce independent palestine politically inferior plan rejected plan said presented behalf government late 1970s especially troublesome said belief betrayed right return palestinian refugees houses properties territories pre israel ignored growing political threat israeli settlements occupied territories established conquest palestine response said political criticisms banned sale said books lifted book ban said publicly praised rejecting prime minister offers camp david mid-1990s said wrote foreword history book jewish history jewish religion weight thousand years presents cultural proposition israel rooted requirement permission jews commit crimes including murder non jews foreword said said history classic modern judaism relevant understanding modern israel praised historian describing contemporary israel nation nazi cultural allowed palestinian works remained fundamentally critical nationalism view palestine remains today expressed sorts reservations militant nationalist consensus suggested instead critical look arab environment palestinian history israeli realities explicit conclusion negotiated settlement communities suffering arab jewish provide respite war said bbc documentary film palestine past palestine present returned country emigrated company son said revisited places confronted israeli social cultural ordinary contemporary despite social cultural prestige usual bbc cinema products documentary broadcast american television company palestine july whilst touring middle_east son said photographed throwing stone israel border image political criticism action demonstrating inherent personal sympathy terrorism commentary magazine journalist labelled said professor terror aggression israel said explained stone throwing fold action personal political man man contest skill father son arab man gesture joy end israeli occupation southern lebanon half mile away despite having denied aimed stone israeli newspaper ambassador reported local resident reported said metres distance soldiers manning storey said aimed threw stone border fence stone path thwarted struck barbed wire atop border fence despite objections student groups columbia_university university published page letter defending said action academic freedom expression knowledge stone directed law broken indictment criminal civil action taken professor said endured political repercussions cancellation february invitation austria lecture president society justified withdrawing invitation explaining said political situation middle_east consequences rendered accusation anti matter accusation dangerous politics austria cancelled invitation said order avoid internal clash opinions divide culture resistance conversations said likened political situation situation endured public intellectual similar known great celebrated honored anti hitler deny experience anti holocaust unacceptable don want anybody history suffering hand great difference acknowledging jewish oppression cover oppression people surveillance said established headed party democratic party meant alternative usual party politics palestine political party ideology specifically alternative politics social democratic said founding group international political activities concerning palestine noticed government obtained pages page political fbi compiled said begun years career public intellectual active politics music having public intellectual accomplished pianist worked music critic wrote books music musical parallels music society author late style music literature grain music limits final spoke finding musical reflections literary historical ideas bold compositions strong performances musical world composer acknowledged deep influence works symphony thematically alludes essay homage belly dancer egyptian actress political militant piano titled reflections exile thematically refers emotions inherent exile founded west eastern orchestra composed young israeli palestinian arab musicians established develop education music projects managing west eastern orchestra assists administration awards honors prestigious organizations world wide awarded honorary university degrees course professional life academic critic man letters honors bestowed prize harvard_university twice received occasion inaugural said literary award beginnings intention method received awarded inaugural lens prize said awarded literary award received prince award concord citizen receive autobiography place bestowed awards new book award non fiction wolf book award non fiction literature death legacy september enduring year sickness chronic died years age new_york_city survived wife son daughter included mighty passionate heart late style edward said cosmopolitan remembering edward said november palestine renamed music school edward said national music tributes include books schools waiting tribute features essays critical biography legacy emancipation representations essays berlin established
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