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...DIED. Edward Said, 67, Columbia University professor, literary critic and prominent advocate for Palestinian independence; in New York City. A fierce critic of Israel and American Middle East policy, the Jerusalem-born author and scholar advocated a single, binational state for "dispossessed" Palestinians. Though he generally repudiated terrorism, he drew ire for his refusal to condemn specific violent acts by Palestinians. Still, the author of Orientalism, which argued that Western writers had demeaned Arabs and Asians with stereotyping, lived most of his life in the U.S., married a Quaker and for a time wrote music reviews for the Nation, acknowledging...
...first met Edward Said in the lobby of a hotel in London in 1993. He approached me as I was checking in because he had read my book (A Life in Music) which had come out a few months earlier and he was planning on attending my concert the following day. We had coffee that afternoon and became inseparable friends. Edward Said did not fit into any single category. He was the very essence of human nature because he understood its contradictions. He was both a fighter and a compassionate defender. A man of logic and passion. An artist...
...Edward Said, a prominent Columbia University professor who was a vocal and often controversial advocate for the Palestinian cause, died last Thursday...
...Edward Guadagnoli, associate professor of health care policy at HMS, along with researchers from Boston University and the non-profit Institute for Healthcare Improvement, published their findings in last week’s issue of Health Care Financing Review...
Dershowitz begins each chapter by quoting several sources that have made the relevant accusation, then proceeds to offer facts that demonstrate the contrary. When possible he cites figures who oppose his own views, including well-known critics of Israel like MIT Linguistics Professor Noam Chomsky and Columbia Literature Professor Edward Said...