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    Edward Said "States"

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    A Picture Worth a Thousand Words Edward Said‚ a literary scholar and critic created the book After the Last Sky: Palestinian Lives (1986) along with the assistance of photographs from Jean Mohr. From this book we look at the piece “States” where Said talks about the exile of himself and the whole Palestinian nation in 1948. Said’s main goal and purpose of this essay was to provide a solid argument for the innocence of the Palestinians and he also wants to show the world how hard it was and still

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    States by Edward Said

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    Taylor Stephan Section 2 Exam “States” 1. Edward Said emphasizes the scattered‚ alienated nature of the Palestinian people. In my opinion‚ Said clearly displays that it is unfair to ask “What is it you Palestinians want?”. Palestine‚ once recognized as a country and a community‚ is now shattered into a plethora of pieces. These pieces‚ or people each with memories and experiences‚ were sprinkled all across the world. It would seem impossible to share national pride when one’s country does

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    Edward Said States

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    States Edward: SaidStates‚” by Edward Said is an essay written by a Palestinian man with first-hand accounts of daily life in that region of the Middle-East. Said was renowned in the literary community as one of the most “distinguished literary critics and scholars...” Born in Jerusalem in 1935‚ Said‚ at the age of twelve‚ fled with his family to Cairo during the establishment of Israel as a Jewish state. In his essay‚ Said begins to discuss the state of the Palestinian people. The content

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    understand our point of view. “States” by Edward Said is a transcultural text. A contact zone is the space in which transculturation takes place. Mary Pratt defines “Transculturation is a process whereby members of subordinated or marginal groups select and invent from materials transmitted by a dominant metropolitan culture” (323). Palestinians are surrounded by dominant cultures. Pratt uses “transcultural” to describe the dominant groups or cultures because there are so many

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    Edward Said

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    the world‚ there is no place to be but home. Home is a place where we feel safe and take refuge. But how we will feel if this is taken from us? The essay by Edward Said‚ “States‚” narrates the story of about his country‚ Palestine‚ and the struggle of his countrymen. He also shares the passion of his homeland which we can relate to. “States” exemplify the experiences and perceptions of how important a home is to a common Palestinian. Our country is a big part of who we are. As we are born‚ we are

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    Edward Said

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    Edwars Said was born a Palestinian Arab in Jerusalem in 1935‚ and was American through his father‚ Wadie Saïd‚ who was a U.S. Citizen. Wadie Saïd‚ his father moved to Cairo‚ before the birth of his son . He spent much of his childhood travelling back and forth from Cairo to Jerusalem‚ visiting relatives. Saïd said that in his childhood he lived “between worlds” — like Cairo (Egypt) and in Jerusalem (Palestine). Here are some of his words from this period of life: "I was an uncomfortably anomalous

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    Edward Said

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    In "States" the author‚ Edward Said‚ discloses the story of his people‚ the Palestinians‚ in an epic to express to the world the disconcerting challenges endured by the struggling Palestinian culture. The underlying claim is that of which is fair for any people to aspire‚ the dream to be master in your own house. Thus translated into the ideals of nationalism: blood and belonging. Said uses a combination of both photographs and writing style to tell a story that is deeper than the plain text.

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    Edward W Said

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    Edward W .Said Prof. S. Jayaraman. Edward W. Said was born in Palestine. He was educated in Palestine and Egypt. He later migrated to America. For the first time‚ it was Edward Said who challenged the established theory of the western orientalists. He brought together overwhelming material evidence to expose the dominant European imperialistic point of view‚ in his path - breaking book ‘Orientalism’. In that book‚ Said exposes the hidden agenda of imperialism to

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    Edward Said Identity

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    Professor: Raj Chandarlapaty Name: Farhad Mahmody ID# 8670 Class: Expository essay writing How Edward said Identify him self Edward Wadie Said was one of the most noticeable and influent scholars. This influential Palestinian man was born in1935; he was an Arab American‚ which was well known for advocating the role of intellectuals in society as a role exemplary illustrated by him. He insisted that the true intellectual’s role must be that of the amateur‚ as an amateur is not stimulated by academic

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    Edward Said Summary

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    people were living in other countries‚ the Palestinians have experienced the racial views from the people in different countries. In the essay‚ Said talks about when the Palestinians doesn’t have a state but instead they live in other countries‚where the people has referred the Palestinians as a “legend”. After the Palestinians

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