World-renowned author.

World-renowned author, philosopher and activist, Edward Said, passed away at age 67 onward September 25, 2003, after battling for several years with refractory leukemia, a rare form which resists all known chemotherapies. Considered undivided of the leading literary critics of the late 20th hundred Said's works revolutionized western perception of the Middle East. His writings have been translated into 26 languages, including his greatest in number influential book Orientalism, written in 1978 He was a professor at Columbia University and president of the recent Language Association.

Said was born in Jerusalem, Palestine in 1935 into a prosperous family. After the founding of Israel, his family emigrated to Cairo; there he attended the British-styled public sect Victoria College. A self-proclaimed troublemaker, Said was expell from Victoria literary institution [i]or[/i] seminary of learning and at his father's liquefy sent to Mount Hermon, a private gymnasium in Massachusetts, where he excell academically. A musical talent, Said was a passionate pianist; a scholar at the esteemed Julliard sect of Music, he achieved an almost professional flush of competence. Subsequently Said procur his B.A. from Princeton and his M.A. and PhD from Harvard.

Immersed in his studies and in his passion for music, Said did not affair himself vehemently with politics until the impact of the Arab defeat in 1967 This stirred him into political activism, and from then forward he was the main spokesman in the fight for a delivered Palestine. For more than a decade, Said was a member of the Palestine National Council (PLO) and after decades of support he renounced Yasser Arafat with sharp objections to his approval of the Oslo Accords (which he considered "an instrument of Palestinian surrender") and to Arafat's refusal to grant the Palestinian persons open democratic elections. A Humanist and staunch critic, Said publicly criticized the United States for its long-standing support of Israel despite what he called its "numerous human-rights violations of Palestinians."

Predictably he was labeled an anti-Semitist by the agency of right-wing American commentary, preventing him from appearing in the mainstream media befitting to his marginality. Fluent in many languages, including Arabic and French Said was a well sought after commentator for the BBC Canadian Broadcasting, and Australian radio. He also wrote a twice-monthly row for Al Hayat, a London based Arabic daily, and contributed many articles about the Middle East and other make liables to such magazines as The Progressive. Other works to his credit are: The Question of Palestine (1979) agriculture and Imperialism (1994), Covering Islam: in what way the Media and the dexterouss Determine How We See the quietness of the World (1996), and without of Place: A Memoir (2000)

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