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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The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe