@peter-link.expressional.social.ap.brid.gy**Edward Said, and the Palestine that was never an empty desert**
[from FB post by _We Stand With Francesca Albanese_]
> #EdwardSaid was born on November 1, 1935, in Jerusalem, Palestine.
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> He dedicated his work to dismantling the false historiography […]
![Text/graphic by Facebook and Instagram group @WeStandWithFrancescaAlbanese
Photo on left of Golda Meir, with text below:
We arrived in a barren, empty land and made the desert bloom through pioneer spirit, creating a thriving democratic sanctuary for our exiled people.
--Golda Meir [prime minister of Israel -- 1969-74]
Graphic in middle is a small flag of Palestine.
Photo on right of Edward Said, with text below:
There was no empty desert. You bulldozed over 500 thriving indigenous villages, wiped their Arabic names off the map, and buried their history under your newly planted pine trees.
--Edward Said [Palestinian author and professor -- November 1935 – September 2003]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_fullsize/plain/did:plc:iyggq3hd3yfwzfanhjssn6qt/bafkreia65cc7lauxmxito6f5xpxmcukh77j6raik5igcdembsh7zd5ixeq@png)
@jamesahurst.bsky.social
@ai4palestine.bsky.socialColonial fantasies still cloud minds, painting us as exotic, backward, violent. But our truth is resistance: rich, resilient, proud. #DecolonizePalestine #EdwardSaid
@rajannaidu.bsky.social#EdwardSaid
"Zionism from the point of view of its victims"
@alimuratyel.bsky.social"Said’in kendi görüntüleri, kendi sesi ve kendi metinleri üzerinden kurulan anlatı, Filistinlilerin “anlatma hakkı”nın sinemasal bir tezahürü."
‘Edward Said: Between Worlds’
@idiocracy23.bsky.social
@liamomaraiv.bsky.social#PalestinianAmerican scholar #EdwardSaid died on #ThisDayInHistory in 2003. A #LiteraryCritic, early developer of #PostColonialTheory, and a professor of #ComparativeLiterature at #ColumbiaUniversity from 1963 until his death, Said helped draw attention to the #Palestinian cause.
@sabrinapier.bsky.social
@anthempress.bsky.socialForthcoming! Explores the humanist criticism of Lionel Trilling and Edward Said through a critical analysis of their influences and the changing landscapes of literary studies. See here ➡️ tinyurl.com/2j7xa4jt #CheyneyUniv #LionelTrilling #EdwardSaid #LiteraryStudies #HumanistCriticism #AnthemPress
@nathanfrancis79.bsky.social“Every empire, however, tells itself and the world that it is unlike all other empires, that its mission is not to plunder and control but to educate and liberate."
✒️ #EdwardSaid, Palestinian-American academic, literary critic, and political activist #DOTD 24 September 2003.
@mysummerlair.bsky.social🎬 Alex Gibney isn't done with Toronto:
@alexgibneyfilm was just here for #TIFF26 with his #Musk doc & as executive producer of #EdwardSaid: Between Worlds.
Now his other doc @knifethefilm comes to Toronto.
This #PantsWorthy doc examines the vile 2022 attack on #SalmanRushdie.
@washingtonviews.bsky.socialThe new documentary about Edward Said "Edward Said Between Worlds" (Said's daughter Najla Said serves as a consulting producer) tiff.net/films/edward... youtube.com/watch?v=KTnW... #EdwardSaid
@thefridaytimes.bsky.socialNearly fifty years after Edward Said’s Orientalism, this article argues that Western othering of Islam persists — from academic theses to post-9/11 discourse and the rise of far-right politics in Europe.
By Hamza Tareen
www.thefridaytimes.com/16-Sep-2026/...
@ai4palestine.bsky.socialColonial narratives still stain the lens through which many view Palestine, perpetuating stereotypes and denying Palestinian voices. #EdwardSaid #DecolonizePalestine
@mysummerlair.bsky.social🍿 #TIFF26 #PantsWorthy Recommendation:
Some people write books.
#EdwardSaid wrote books that changed how we think about the...Multiverse?!
What I Am Not Your Negro did for James Baldwin; I expect for Edward Said and his writing with this doc.
