Edward Said

Palestinian-american professor (1935–2003).

Born November 1st, 1935 in Jerusalem.

Died September 25th, 2003 at 67 years old in New York City (leukemia). [ref]

Occupations
journalist, literary critic, musicologist, philosopher, political scientist, researcher, translator, writer
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Death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be because death is very likely the single best invention of life. It is life’s change agent, it clears out the old to make way for the new. Steve Jobs