I had Dr Edward SAID as a professor at the College de France, in Paris. He was intelligent and lucid person. Listening to his lectures was one of my best enriching university days. RIP our beloved Professor.
Wow, what a great thing to have learned from him! I’m jealous. I’ve read two of his books on the oppression and dispossession of the Palestinians and plan now to read his others. I’ve traveled to the region and I’m finding this genocide greatly depressing. I’m sick the west is on the wrong side of history, again.
As I see it and as it was prophesied to happen the west are the warmongering engineers of all the Satanic horrors that have come upon earth in this 21st century. Ezekiel 38:8-23 foretold the people of Palestine would be dwelling together in security without disturbance until it came into the hearts of the wicked who have a strange god not Yahuveh Abraham's Elohim, (God or Allah) but the god of these warmongers are written in the book of Enoch. Their gods like their Phoenix is Gadreel is the sataic god who teaches men implements for war. Today human Satan worshippers have developed adequate devices to totally destroy all of humanity. Although Palestinians are suffering so much today and it horrifies me I know their suffering is at its end with the developments that are taking place now. The whole world is seeing this. All is written in scripture. I wish I could reveal all that ought to be revealed but it is too lengthy. All their wickedness had to come to completion and people had to see it and take sides either with the evil spirit worship of demons and destruction or to choose to love as commanded by our Elohim as given to Abraham and his sons. I write sons because the Palestinian Arabs were sons of Abraham by two wives Sarah and Keturah as well as Abraham's son by Hagar named Ishmael. Yahuveh chose a saint from heaven and I was told these things. Yahuveh taught me from scripture where all evidence can be submitted by thought and by dreams. Judgment is imminent and Palestine will be inhabited by the descendants of all Abrahams sons who keep the Commandments. There will be no. haughty, heartless, cruel residents in the land when our Elohim acts and resolves all injustice. Genesis 25:1-3 shows these sons born by Keturah. I was told these Palestinian people are loved by Allah my Elohim. I learned from Yahuveh I am a descendant of Aaron and the priesthood from Judah Maccabee. @@karenoneill2748
I knew him very slightly I met him at some films about glenn gould at the museum of natural history Edward was a fine pianist himself and a Palestinian patriot
This has me in tears. Imagine being so right in a time when no one agrees with you. The fact that he never loved to see the end of this madness is heartbreaking
It’s devastating that no one he’s speaking with seems to think Palestinians deserve sympathy. I am heartbroken that injustice can prevail throughout a man’s entire life.
This man was a major academic swindler and professional conman. His "Palestine Theory of History" has collapsed into the Jihadi rapes, bombings, stabbings, shootings and truck-ramming attacks that occur wherever the "Religion of Peace" reaches more than 5 percent of the population. Said will be remembered in history as a dangerous conman who subverted western civilization.
it's really hard to see and read his work because of the strong undercurrent of grief and the repeat and casual cruelty he was subjected to in life. just, something about how he remains a pleasant and engaging speaker while being forced to intellectualize & understand his own oppression to try and *explain* it to others and it all just ends up ignored. my god, word for word most of everything he's said decades ago still applies today. it's so, so unfair.
I wonder if Dr. Said would have imagined that many years later young generations such as myself who’ve never heard of him would be looking up documentaries about Palestine. Rest in peace good doctor I’m sorry you never got to go back home
I attended Columbia Sept. 1981 for one semester but kept on going to its campus and library for nearly 4 years every day after finishing my classes in PINY/ Brklyn. I used to see him there on the campus as my friend told me once when he passed by us, this is Prof. Edward Saeed I didn't know about him then, then my friend told me that he was a great Christian scholar who speaks for Palestinian rights. may Allah bless his soul. note: we were very few Arabs at that time and we demonstrated in Columbia University towards the UN on the east side when the deceased Sharon invaded Lebanon and sent Arafat out of Lebanon, but tell me what happened to Sharon afterward? God tortured him for years, "A'oothu bil'llah"!! so it seems that we set the roots of peaceful resistance at Columbia University, and now it is exponentially growing. we suffered a lot and it was dangerous then and more than now. it is a long and painful story about the zionists who rule Manhattan.
I wonder why he decided to join the country who most support and arm his perpetrators. Seeeing people like him coming to live in these zionist colonies is always shocking to me.
Zionist claim Palestine land is Jewish land after 200.000. Years? And Palestinian living in Palestine land for more than 200.000 years where they should go? Occupied oppression killing bombing Gaza killed Palestinians 75 years because of Palestinian's land.
Every time something happens in Palestine, I find myself returning to Edward Said to make sense of the madness of the world. If anyone believes the Palestinian issue is solely about Muslims and Islam, I insist diving into Edward Said's works. Especially for younger generations .
Why? He was a liar. His background of victimhood is a fabrication. It's all been exposed. He was a very privileged Episcopalian who probably had some sort of patricidal fantasies or self loathing. His true passions were Rolex watches and bespoke Jermyn Street clothing. His work is worthless victimhood nonesense unmoored from reality.
Its never been a religious conflict,just like Ireland was not a religious conflcit between prostetants and Catholics,its politicised identities not about religious doctrine,Jews,Muslims and christians have been living together in many places for hundreds of years. It is about territory in the end.
I hope Edward Said has a monastery dedicated to him. He’s more spirit of God and humanity than anyone I’ve studied. What an amazing creation which time has lost.
I felt Dr. Said is forced to apologize in every interview, while no one ever apologizes to him 😅 I don't know he had the patience to go on these conversations again and again
Every single one of them kept cutting him off, trying to twist his words and paint him a certain way but he kept his cool the whole time and was incredibly reasonable. I don't know how he did it, he was truly one of a kind.
@Yepajw The whole “but we were here first” argument only get you so far. Some Lebanese have been found to have Canaanite DNA and they predated ancient Israel
I’m a criminology student and first heard about Dr. Said when I had a course called Terrorism & Fundamentalism my second year. He cannot express how much he changed my whole worldview. I already knew that the west was extremely bias against the Middle East and was generally educated in the Palestine history, but reading his books and learning things through the orientalist perspective really opened my eyes to a whole new world. I can wholeheartedly say that since the day I first picked up one of his books will be one that I will never forget. This man had a way with words, his intellect remains unmatched still to this day. It is so sad that we lost him so early, I can’t even begin to image how different the would’ve might’ve looked, like today - how different, for the better, the Palestinian people’s lives could’ve been. He was such a prominent figure in the PLO, and such a big advocate for human rights and the Palestinians right to self governance. If only they would’ve heeded Saids warnings about the Oslo Accord. If only they would’ve listened to him.
Oh I can happily live without Dr Said. He was NEVER Palestinian. His surname is pure Egyptian, his parents were Egyptian, he was Egyptian. The fact that they lived in Jerusalem for a while does not make him Palestinian. And I use the word Palestinian with great caution, seeing that it was a name stolen by Yasser Arafat (another Egyptian, for the record) as a means of claiming the entire territory that is modern Israel. Integrity? Liar, more like. Previous to independence, Jews living in "Palestine" were "Palestinian" and had the passports to prove it. Palestine was a Roman attempt to delegitimize the people of Judea. The original Palestian people - from the word Philistine (meaning "invaders") were not native to the region either. They were an Aegean people, who went, conquered for a while, eventually left, and disappeared as many tribes did.
Overwhelmed by the courageous articulation of a great academic. His own determination to get back what was taken away can be seen in the grit with which the present generation is staving off another attempt to exile those who refused to leave this far. What a people, what raw courage these indomitable souls represent!
Watching him explain that story about the Palestinian man being interrogated as an attempt to relay something about his people's experience, then immediately get interrogated himself regarding terrorism was something else. Heartbreaking and tragic what has happened to the Palestinians, and how the west has let this happen.
His people's experience? Same people attacked Jerusalem in 638 AD, took it from jews, exiled them and denied them access to their temple for years but here Israel after taking over their land allowed Arabs build a mosque on top of Solomon's temple? This must be a joke
As a Palestinian, I am really ashamed that I never heard of professor Said before! It makes me so sad! I'll make sure that everyone I know hears about this great man!
its unfortunate he died young of cancer. now that narrative is finally becoming legitimate and open he would've had a ball being platformed in these times
@@rawman909 iam a Palestinian and of course my grandparents called them selves palestinians b4 48 And this doesn't change anything of our right in our homeland
I never had the pleasure to meet this brilliant scholar and thinker in person. I read his book "Out Of Place" a few years ago, almost stumbled upon it by acciddent, but it very much moved me. Ever since this eye-opening read I gained a much better understanding and realization of the plight of the Palestinian people. If he were alive today, what would he say?
I've actually met a syrian refugee who cannot return to his country because the part where he is from became and is still under Kurdish control and he needs a permit to enter - he now lives in Lebanon where he also needs a permit to stay and has reduced rights.
A word the great Edward Said would have used today to describe smears and attacks against him would be "Cognitive dissonance' the idea you don't recognise your own crimes or behaviour while continually focusing on the other. Great man.
« You can grasp the fact of the holocaust, but you can’t translate that into your own doom » , such an elegant statement of an emotionally, socially, and politically complex state.
Beautiful statement that shows that when we truly and fully hear the people of Palestine, we understand the unbelievable injustice for paying the price of other human horrors… A tremendous respect for professor Said, a remarkable thinker that I have just discovered And all the love, compassion and peace for all human beings specially the Palestinians for what they are going through ❤
@@den264no one said it was. There have been jews in that area for thousands of years long before Islam was invented. Israel has accepted every 2 state deal offered but the Arab nations and Palestinian terrorists start wars. Both people have legitimate claims. One side is happy to share while the other wants continual war.
@Yepajw the present-day Israelis are Khazarians from Europe -- and are not descendants of the origiinal Biblical Hebrews- they have no rightful claim to the land of Palestine
This documentary is truly heartbreaking and at the same time the perfect analogy of today's situation. It shows probably one of the most humane and committed intellectuals of the twentieth century being continuously scrutinized and questioned for advocating his right to exist. You can feel his loneliness. And yet he remains consistent, humane and serene. An absolute gentleman and my personal hero.
Except that in Israel/Palestine, it would take only a small series of events for the role of oppressed / oppressor to switch 180 degrees in the blink of an eye. The hardline Arab nationalists and, more recently, organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah would wipe out Israelis in a heartbeat given the opportunity. That's been the case for decades. And so moderate Palestinians have always suffered not just under agressive Zionism, but by these competing nationalisms in Israel/Palestine. (and, frankly, so have, left-wing Israelis, particularly in more recent decades.) Here's a question to ask yourself. Why is it that the strategies of nonviolence resistance which spread from India to South Africa to countless other places in the mid-20th Century were never made central to the Arab nationalist or Palestinian causes? (Yes, there were once moderate Palestinian groups who tried these strategies, but somehow they were never able to rise to be the prominent center of Palestinian politics.) This is the problem with adopting the cause of the Palestinians without striking any balance and without looking into the nuanced details. It isn't quite as simple as "standing with the oppressed." Sorry.
Why do you think it is that you're still having to standing for these oppressed? Many countries have been divided before. India spilt into three at about the same time as Israel was established. That partition is now a topic for history. The Arabs don't seem to be able to go that way. The Gaza Strip has had their own administration for quite some time, but they don't seem to be interested in settling down.
@@AtCheruti "India spilt into three at about the same time as Israel was established. That partition is now a topic for history" You comparing People in India from different religions who lived their for millennia with Palestine where Jewish population that in 1948 one third of the population came 3 years before the state declaration (Check Ilan Pappe the Israeli historian and other Israeli records if you don't believe me)"?! The Gaza strip live in the biggest prison where they can't fish without a permission, Electricity, food and gas have to come through Israel control. Go educate yourself about the conflict before making nonsense assumptions and comparisons.
@@Robespierre-lI "The hardline Arab nationalists and, more recently, organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah would wipe out Israelis in a heartbeat given the opportunity. That's been the case for decades. And so moderate Palestinians have always suffered not just under agressive Zionism, but by these competing nationalisms in Israel/Palestine. (and, frankly, so have, left-wing Israelis, particularly in more recent decades.)" Just total nonsense, just check 1948 as an example where Arab armies which is 1/3 Israeli Army btw entered to the specific land spaces where it was allocated to the Palestinians by the UN and they never crossed the lands allocated to the Jewish. If they were attacking Israel why they didn't attack the cities allocated to the Jews? But guess what Israel was just too aggressive to push all those Arabs and take more lands just because they can. Just check why Israel doesn't have a border on any official map. It's a settlers colonization society that's built on expansion as was the US with the native communities and other similar societies. Why they attacked 3 countries in 1967. Why they invaded Lebanon? They don't accept any negotiations over Gloan Heights, or South Lebanon, Jerusalem and West bank Illegal settlements. Don't take my words for it go check Ilan Pappe the Israeli historian, Avi Shlaim and others and read their books.
I got in touch with "Orientalism" abt 10yrs ago in a class on postcolonialism and I'm so glad I did. Edward Said's work is so important and I wish it would be well known throughout different fields of studies
Me too, we read It as part of our social anthropology studies on postcolonialism.Grateful to come across him again now and see this interview.Thank you Edward Said for all you have taught us and may we continúe to read Up, learn and reflect on your books, documentaries and interviews. Learn also how to have a peaceful dialogue and stay calm bringing across your thoughts, the facts of the past and your experience.
"...the tremendous sadness and uncertainty of what is to come." It comes. My education was lacking and youtube brings me Edward Said at the eleventh hour. Even years-old discourses by those who know are relevant right now. What a committed, brilliant and feeling man he was.
This was quite great to listen to. I had heard of E. Said before, and listened briefly, but this time...listened fully. We don't have these intelligent, thought-provoking voices anymore, certainly not in academia. Sorry that he isn't here for Palestine in 2023!
Professor Said is one of my favorite scholars and human beings. His work should be thaught all over the world for his kindness, knowledge and humanity.
RIP Edward Said. He sparked my initial learning in Arabic, and I am still at it since the early years of 1980s. I got a copy of his Orientalism at the old Bookmarks, in Finsbury Park, London.
His passionate writing about music - in particular, glenn gould's expression of it - made a big impression on me. He employs the critical tools and analytic skills commensurate with his academic reputation, along with the musical intelligence and technique of a concert-level pianist. I am saddened to think that there will be no more illuminations coming from that mind, but i'm grateful for the ones that were given.
The recent atrocities in Gaza brought me to watch this documentary, I felt privileged listening to this eloquent and articulate man from my country Palestine 🇵🇸. One day Palestine will be free and I will go for a nice walk in my father’s village near Ashkelon ❤
The Palestinians are the American Indians and the Australian Aborigines of the modern era, as I listen to their cry for help and observe their status as refugees from their home land I am struck by the thought that this is exactly how the Indians and Aborigines must have felt all those years ago but without the aid of an international media to alert the world to their plight.
@Yepajw the Jewish diaspora is recognized through dna by its Arab markers. Hebrew is a conlang invented for the zionist movement and spoken with foreign accents. The diaspora spoke Aramaic and Arabic, not Hebrew. Abraham religions are poorly plagiarized from a dozen older religions, historic events and people. Jesus was invented by rome to divide occupied Palestine. You're an idiot.
edward said is the foremost public intellectual of our recent history. everything i have achieved in my limited academic career so far has been built off of the awesome foundation he laid out all those years ago. rest in power
My dad, Mazen Nicolas Manasseh, passed for the same passport event in Brazil. Being born in Haifa, 1940, when naturalized Brazilian, it took him 5 trips to Brasilia to correct the fact that he was not born in Israel. Erasing memories from the beginning. Have you all realized that the British press keeps calling "The Palestinian problem?"
@Yepajw There are Arabians, who are from Arabia, and there are Arabs who are many ethnic groups, Arabized by adopting the official Language; i.e. Arabic. Palastinians don't speak Pure Arabic but a mixture of Arabic and Syriac, both are of the same language family. Palestinians are descended of Canaanites, Amorites, Idumaeans, Hebrews and other Semitic groups. Through centuries, they Adopted different official languages, Canaanite, Aramaic, Syriac, Greek and Arabic. They converted to different religions, some converted to Judaism, later the majority converted to Christianity and finally a big portion converted to Islam. Religion is not an indication of ethnicity, origin or unquestioned right to a homeland.
@Yepajw absolute rubbish. You dont know what your talking about. Arabs are all from arabia? Dont make me laugh. Your ignorant lies make you look foolish
My grand mother, Leila Haddad, a proud Arab who moved to Brooklyn in the 1940s hosted Edward Said among other Arab intellectuals when I was growing up. People think I’m a crazy leftist for sympathizing with the Palestinians but don’t understand I have family, despite being Christian, who were displaced from their homeland in Haifa in the 1930s and forced to Lebanon and Syria
Your family might have moved from British Mandatory Palestine to Lebanon or Syria in the 1930's, but no one forced them to do so, and they were not "displaced."
How odd. Are you aware that there are hundreds of Christians who fled Lebanon - and more recently West Bank cities like Bethlehem and, indeed, of what was primarily Christian Arab Arabs like Nazareth. They got to Lebanon only because the Palestinians of the West Bank fled to Jordan, proceeded to terrorize its people, and plotted to assassinate King Hussein He thew them out and most went to Syria or Lebanon. Lebanon itself was part of "South Syria" and become a French mandate after WW1. It had a Christian (Maronite) majority - until your darling Palestinians proeede to terrorize and force Islam on them. Indeed, how paradoxical that many of them fled right back to Israel and are currently living in northern Israeli towns, created a nasty, horrible war, forced Islam on the Christian majority of Lebanon and destroyed that once prosperous country. Christians there live in fear of the Palestinians you now sympathize with. Life's a funny old thing. Many who fled to Lebanon from Israel have fled from Lebanon back to Israel to escape the Palestinian Muslim tyranny. The same with Christians in the West Bank, most of whom have reclaimed Israeli citizenship. I'd venture to say that you've been misled.
@@glenp3985haha you're full of shit! Palestinian Christians will one-day comeback to Palestine. Christian zionism on the other hand must be abolished and critiqued. Another judeo Christian crusade will not happen even though Christians are involved in alot of this mess.
Edward Said very much influenced the famous son of Israeli soldier, Miko Peled in changing his mind after being brought up under Zionist family background talking about Miko Peled of course. Said' concept of Orientalism is still taught in modern sociology and anthropology courses.
@Yepajw no he is not, plus the Palestinian people right now are a mix of all these cultures, Jewish, greek Arab...etc. They have been Arabized and not colonized, one proof is the existence of Palestinian jews. A good example is North Africa, it has also been Arabized but the native Berbers are still a part of the demography and have not been displaced. So stop spreading lies and misinformation!
Thank you so much for this video as a Christian I was led to believe that Zionism represented Christianity…I’ve always wondered why were the Palestinians refusing to give up..I now understand the desperation not to leave home..God bless Palestine and her people❤
@@jsw7814This is a blatant lie. Yes there are racist arabs, just like there are racist whites. Meanwhile in Israel they are sterilizing black Ethiopian women. Don’t ever try and use anti blackness as an argument to support Israels colonization when Israelis are incredibly racist.
As of October 16, 2023, amidst the newly erupted Gaza War, this documentary is more eye-opening than most of anything else I have ever seen concerning the unbearable and unbelievable suffering of the Palestinian People. [writing from Germany]
Some 2.1 million Palestinians - the "Israeli Arabs," who number more than the 2 million who live in Gaza - live in Israel, being those who in 1948 chose to stay, and in addition, their descendants. Being Israeli citizens, they have a good life and are happier than any of the Palestinians who live in Gaza (where they are brutally oppressed between 1948 and 1967 by Egypt, whose occupation was accompanied by a refusal to create a Palestinian state, and since 2006 by Hamas), in the Arab states (where they are and since 1948 they been oppressed by despotic rulers who hate them) or in the West Bank (where they were oppressed by the Jordanian monarchy, which annexed the West Bank in 1950, and in so doing refused to create a Palestinian, until Jordanian control was ended by Israel's victory in the 1967 and subsequent attempt to remedy Jordan's omission by negotiating the creation of a Palestinian state).
@@jackburgess274well I see ur point and it proves my opinion that the list of guilty nations is not limited to Israel, so the whole list is next: Israel, Egypt, Jordan, UK, USA, USSR. Second, all mentioned benefits are truly remarkable but it kinda creates a dangerous reason and excuse for others to occupy other less developed countries like if Germany occupied Poland the poles now would live in a better country and then Germans be like oh what an ingratitude of these poles who are enjoying the best economics in the world yet they don't like us.
@@Gorbachew Pre- 1967 Israel had never occupied any country or any part of any country. Following the creation of it, and of its neighbour Palestine in 1948 by the British implementation of the League of Nations' 1947 Partition Plan (where such implementation consisted in Britain's withdrawal from the region, leaving the Jews and Arabs to sort it out for themselves), Israel had fought wars of survival in 1948, 1956 and 1967 against neighbouring countries who were determined to "obliterate" it from the face of the earth (to use the term subsequently enshrined in the founding charters of Hamas and Hezbollah). Israel has never been to blame for anything, Like Russia (re Ukraine), it has always wanted simply to be left alone. (In your list of countries to blame you leave out e.g. Syria, which invaded Israel in 1973 and funds and arms Hezbollah, and Iran which funds and arms both Hamas and Hezbollah, being countries that actively support the aims and methods of those deluded, utterly depraved, and as racist as it is possible to be organisations.)
@@jackburgess274Arab Israelis are second class citizens. So don't even pretend they live as equals to Jewish Israelis. Jordan and Egypt didn't declare a Palestinian State because the 1948 establishment of Israel was illegal. So they wanted that situation settled and the right of return of those expelled.
@@marceloorellana5726 >>"Arab Israelis are second class citizens." They are not. >>"Jordan and Egypt didn't declare a Palestinian State because the 1948 establishment of Israel was illegal." LOL 1. Since Jordan annexed the West Bank in 1950, it was a bit rich to complain that the Partition Plan was illegal. 2. The UN's 1947 Partition Plan was not illegal.
whenever you have a position of power, you are amongst those who become the cruelest of them all lol I'm not joking...... most cruel people are the ones who did not understand cruelty lol When you understand cruelty and see it as an instrument.... you will be a bit moderate in its use lol
@@farsalami8605 I think it's exactly the opposite -- when people have been mistreated, they become hardened to others' suffering. To wit: Hamas, Israel.
I loved reading Dr. Said’s book “Orientalism” in graduate school back in 2009. It truly is one of the prized possessions in my library. What an amazing video; I hope it inspires a new generation of people to raise awareness about the Palestinians’ apartheid experience, Inshallah (God willing). Free Palestine!
No, God willing the garden variety Arabs who make believe they are "Palestinians" ... God willing they will emigrate to a Muslim country they can call home. Arab Muslims hate Jews. Why live among them ?
Yeah, lots of us read it in graduate school. It's fairly dated, at this point, to be honest. It's historical utility is highest applied to specific periods of modern European Empires. A little less so for the medieval era. It's also difficult to extrapolate beyond the Europe - Near East dynamic. I find the other postcolonial theorists far more helpful. As for Palestine, there was a time when orientalism still provided a useful framework for understanding the conflict. However, it evolved into a entirely different kind of condlict since then. It shares far more with conflicts where two ethno-nationalist start fighting violently over one piece of land. Israel may have the upper hand, but the minute you consider the pan-Arab and Iranian threats to Israel, it becomes much weaker. Israel/Palestine resembles Northern Ireland and the Balkans now. I recommend putting down old Said and having a look at the literature on nationalism instead.
What a treasure. Professor Said taught me so much with his writing but I've never actually watched any clips of him until now. I adore him even more so after watching this. Very insightful and important. Solidarity with Palestine from a diaspora Kurd.
PALESTINIANS REALLY SERYIAN.. FROM NEBUCHANESSER STEALING ISRAEL..... AND YOU AS A KURD YOUR PEOPLE WERE BEING KILLED BY IRAQ AND IRAN BEAUSE YOU WOULD NOT SPY..THIS IS THE TRUE REASON FOR THE IRAQ WAR.. I JESUS GAVE THE KURDS THEIR OWN NATION..... YOUR WELCOME.
@@shawnbarron2455 Probably 'Orientalism' and the role of identity. For example, how the West pushed an image of the Oriental (exotic, mysterious, traditional, backwards) to define themselves (modern, rational, progressive). But also 'self-orientalism' which is how some Asian societies consciously or unconsciously act and live the way they have been defined. It helps explain how power is intertwined with identity and narrative and also explains the 'Clash of Civilisations' narrative. Hope that makes sense.
In the midst of all the confusion right now - Said's clarity and deep understanding of the complex issues is desperately needed. Chomsky and Said - if only people would take time out and spend some time listening to these scholars.
I'm a big admirer of Said's. Not just his academic work, but his musical work. His founding of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with Daniel Barenboim was an interesting and necessary partnership which led in its own small way to the bettering of relationships between Jews and Arabs.
I've done readings of Said's work in university classes before, typically from "Orientalism" or "Culture and Imperalism" but coming back to him after all these years to hear his lived experience and developed views on this ongoing conflict is really eye opening. From the river to the sea Palestine will be free
Edward Said was an amazing man. I just found out about him tonight from this vid3. I have started watching videos about him. It is so sad that the same desperate situation the Palestinians are in today. I did not know about Palestinian sufferings till after October 7th 2023. after doing a lot research. I am praying that they get liberation soon.
Such a pure, natural and truthful account - please everyone, send this video to your political representatives and repost everywhere to inform the ignorant of the Palestinian plight and epic injustice suffered. Repost repost!
@@Hankblue I still am not clear on what side you are on? The oppressed or the oppressor. Being vague can slide at times but certainly not at times like this.
@@ForPeaceOnly I'm on the side of the oppressed always, so today I am on the side of Palestinians who deserve a stable country. But back in 1948? I would have been on the side of Israelis defending themselves from a multisided war.
Spectacular video R.I.P Edward Saeed 💐💐💐 His books are treasures, specially 'The Orientalism الاستشراق' Free Free Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Good day Sykes and thank you🌪
"You transform to same thing as you search for it" Rumi هر چه در جستن آنی آنی = رومی And you searched all your life for your homeland and now you have become the goal of your search "Palestine" , you have become a part of Palestine R.I.P. brother 1935 - 2003
What an incredibly gifted intellectual Said was. If he were still alive today, the world would be a better place. His insight on this issue in 1988 remains incredibly relevant today, and gives us many things to consider surrounding the conflict today.
It's a wonderful documentary. Edward Said is so elequent in his expression. Apart from being Palestinian he is Christian. This has a lot to do with his vision and understanding of the Palestinian problem. A tragedy he died, before Palestinian freedom would ever come to pass.
Clearly you don't know much about the region either. Said was only speaking "HIS" truth. But he was himself lived a lie. He had relatives who were "Arabs living in Jerusalem, with whom he lived only for a while, but his family were from EGYPT. Said is a typically Egyptian name (it's easy to tell origins of people by their surnames in that region). Hamas is a wing of the very Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood organisation. Only about one third of the residents of Gaza are from the Judea/Samarian region as refugees. The rest were Egyptians and Saudis (Gaza having been under Egyptian administration) who settled there as labourers etc. Truth is multi-faceted.
@@glenp3985no he was not Egyptian. He was Palestinian. Mother was Palestinian and Lebanese and father was Palestinian. They moved to Egypt. Then Lebanon.
Dr Edward Said: a truly noble soul, a man of deep humanity and intellectual grandeur. Remembered with the utmost reverence and respect by this Indian American writer here in Pune, India. Absolute solidarity with the Palestinian people.
I lived in Beirut from 1971 till 1976. Was a witness but still learned heaps from Mr Said. Too young and naive. Went back for work in 1982 and was taken around the destroyed camps by a proud Christian colleague to show me the destruction. Still very naive but this time round was fearful. and devastated at the destruction of a city and country I loved. Thank you again for sharing this. Much older and wiser now. 😢😢
One of the best things i learned and loved in university is this guy's work on the idea of the oriental in west and Palestinian struggle . His theory makes u view racism in general in different way too. Lots of respect #Palestine
"I feel as if I am a delinquent". That is a tragic statement from E. Said and those in similar situations.. Not guilty, but being treated as guilty and seen as a threat ..Such a great thinker, an academic who was kicked out of his land and was forebidden to return..So much potential and beauty in diversity could have been manifested in a different way benefiting all groups..
@Yepajw Genetically speaking, Palestinians are the cousins of the Jews, their bloodline being even more pure than the Jewish one. The Palestinians living in Gaza and the West Bank are the direct descendants of the Neolithic period inhabitants of the Region.
@Yepajw You are just telling bull shit. Palestinian are the true owner of the land. Most of the jews who lives now in Israel , their parents or grand parents came from Europe or the arabic world. There is only a minority of jew palestinians. You are trying to do what the european have done in north american against the native american., You are trying to colonize this land, you are imperialist. But it won t work because we are in the XXI century. You have failed, because the palestinians won t disappear and the world community is aware of the atrocities you are commiting in the name of Judaism. The state of Palestine will exist and the muslims, christians and jews will be equal. The zionist will leave Palestine and go back to Europe or USA.
@@laurebourgeois7256 "their bloodline being even more pure than the Jewish one" - wtf kind of talk is that? "pure bloodlines" - you know who else liked to talk of "pure bloodlines"? ...
Time you found out the truth of Palestine and the conflict. Its history. Why it was even called Palestine in the 1st place. Constant incitement to violence and disrespect on the Jews homeland after being unable to share at any time. Hijacked this historic holy land years ago from the Jews to give more legitimacy to a new book that came out as well. Islam got enough holy places already I imagine. Leave this small area that doesn't belong to them alone.. th-cam.com/video/dEoVzKyD_IM/w-d-xo.html
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🇵🇸 Edward Said's Personal Journey - Edward Said's experiences as a Palestinian and Arab in the West. - Feeling criminalized and delinquent due to stereotypes. - Edward Said's background and academic career. 05:44 🌍 The Historical Background - The impact of the Zionist settlement in Palestine. - The Balfour Declaration and conflicting promises. - Edward Said's family's experiences during this time. 09:26 🛂 Identity and Passport Struggles - Challenges faced by Palestinian refugees and their identities. - The unique situation of Jerusalem. - The complexities of passports and birthplace. 15:45 📚 Edward Said's Scholarly Work - Edward Said's analysis of Western attitudes towards the Orient. - His critique of Orientalism and its impact. - The idea of the Orient in Western culture. 20:57 🇵🇸 The Impact of the 1967 War - The transformative effect of the 1967 war on Edward Said's identity. - The Arab-Israeli conflict's influence on his perspective. - The need to rethink his identity and life. 23:30 🇵🇸 Arab Identity and Zionism - Discussion on how Zionism conceives Arabs and Palestinians. - Instances of racial remarks and controversy. - The treatment of Jews from Arab countries in Israel. 24:55 🔍 Edward Said discusses the perception of England and the representation of politicians. - Edward Said reflects on generalizations about England. - He points out the influence of Arab-Israeli wars on the trend. - Mention of how Arab extremists have affected some with their brutality. 26:02 🇵🇸 Edward Said raises questions about immigration laws in Israel. - Edward Said discusses the Law of Return in Israel. - He points out the contrast between Jewish and Palestinian rights. - Mention of the historical context of the law. 27:22 😔 Edward Said highlights the difficulty for Palestinians to sympathize with the Holocaust. - Edward Said discusses the challenge of Palestinian sympathy for the Holocaust. - He talks about the atrocities Palestinians face under Israeli occupation. - Emphasizes the importance of understanding the force Palestinians are dealing with. 30:03 🤣 Humorous Palestinian radio skit about terrorism. - A humorous radio skit parodying terrorism. - The skit reflects the captured Palestinian's witty responses. - Satirical commentary on terrorism and terrorists. 34:16 🤨 Edward Said's view on terrorism and the Palestinian struggle. - Edward Said condemns terrorism and emphasizes his opposition to it. - He distinguishes between acts of terrorism and the broader Palestinian struggle. - Discusses the asymmetry in violence and suffering between Israelis and Palestinians. 37:25 😢 Edward Said reflects on the fall of Beirut and the Palestinian presence. - Edward Said discusses the significance of the fall of Beirut for Palestinians. - Reflects on the Palestinian presence in Beirut and the loss of a unique period. - Talks about the impact of the city's fall and the state of exile. 45:11 🚨 Report on the Palestinian refugee camp of Bourj al-Barajneh. - A report on the dire conditions in the Bourj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp. - Describes the siege and daily challenges faced by Palestinian women and girls. - Highlights the historical context and significance of the camp. 46:52 🗣️ Edward Said discusses the challenges faced by Palestinians due to their existence. - Edward Said addresses the role of Palestinians in the region and their impact. - Talks about how the existence of Palestinians is perceived as a provocation. - Emphasizes that the mere identity of being Palestinian creates challenges. 48:14 🔥 Israeli actions and violence during the peace talks - Israeli forces attempt to quell Palestinian uprisings. - The aim was to maintain peace during peace talks, but the situation escalated. - Incidents of Israeli brutality and summary justice are reported. 50:08 🇵🇸 Palestinian resilience and heroism - Palestinians exhibit fearlessness in the face of Israeli forces. - Focus on Palestinians and their actions, making them less shadowy figures. - A sense of heroism and sacrifice among Palestinians. 51:19 ✈️ Impact of Israeli policy on Palestinian travels - Edward Said's decision not to travel to the Israeli-occupied West Bank. - The possibility of not being admitted to the airport due to Israeli restrictions. - The disappointment of not being able to show his family the places of his birth. 52:52 🏠 Connection to places of birth in Palestine - A distant and strange connection to the places of Edward Said's birth. - Mention of Nazareth and Jerusalem, his mother's and father's towns. - The unchanged nature of these places over time, connecting the past and present. Made with HARPA AI
I almost got to hear Dr Said speak back in graduate school. I was enrolled in an MFA program, and one evening our professor informed the class that Dr. Said was about to give a talk in half an hour. He offered us the choice of going to hear Dr. Said or holding class. I was in the minority as the majority of my classmates voted to hold class. The professor went back to discussing Tess of the D'Urbervilles, then when the students who voted to hold class chimed into the book discussion he exploded and called the students nitwits, intellectual midgets, and even accused these classmates of not reading the book. I had never seen any professor erupt in anger as I did that day. I think the thing that pissed him off was that he really wanted to hear Dr. Said, whom he informed us was very ill, and that it would likely be the last time any of us had to hear him. After our professor's outburst he stormed out of the classroom. I think he went to go and hear what he could of Dr. Said's talk. He wanted to cut the class short. He was a pompous ass. But I would rather have heard Said's talk than my professor's conniption fit.
As a Moroccan, I've heard of professor Said in the late seventies .He was genius ,cultivated ,brave and committed to the Palestinian cause .,although he had a misunderstanding misunderstanding with Arafat as far as I could remember .
Thanks for uploading this video. Eye opening and intellectual resource for anyone wanting to understand the reality from first hand accounts. Admirer of Prof Said.
All the beautiful songs of yearnings for Jerusalem, written by generations of Jews, the prayers and crying for the return to our forbidden homeland, all of them should be passed to the Palestinians. And we, the Jewish Israelis, should be forbidden to sing them any more. "How can we sing the Lord song on a strange land?" we once famously prayed. "How can we sing the exiled songs on a conquered land?" we should ask ourselves today. In a way, the Palestinians are going threw the Jewish experience of exile and delegitimization. It's a tragic irony that from all the suffering and the injustice that we went threw our history, especially the last and worst of all, we took the completely wrong lesson. In a way, the Palestinians are the secondary victims of the of antisemitism and the holocaust. What a shame. What a disgraceful chapter it is on the rich and inspiring Jewish history.
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I had Dr Edward SAID as a professor at the College de France, in Paris. He was intelligent and lucid person. Listening to his lectures was one of my best enriching university days. RIP our beloved Professor.
Wow, what a great thing to have learned from him! I’m jealous. I’ve read two of his books on the oppression and dispossession of the Palestinians and plan now to read his others. I’ve traveled to the region and I’m finding this genocide greatly depressing. I’m sick the west is on the wrong side of history, again.
he's sorely missed
That must have been amazing ❤ I am just learning about him.
As I see it and as it was prophesied to happen the west are the warmongering engineers of all the Satanic horrors that have come upon earth in this 21st century. Ezekiel 38:8-23 foretold the people of Palestine would be dwelling together in security without disturbance until it came into the hearts of the wicked who have a strange god not Yahuveh Abraham's Elohim, (God or Allah) but the god of these warmongers are written in the book of Enoch. Their gods like their Phoenix is Gadreel is the sataic god who teaches men implements for war. Today human Satan worshippers have developed adequate devices to totally destroy all of humanity. Although Palestinians are suffering so much today and it horrifies me I know their suffering is at its end with the developments that are taking place now. The whole world is seeing this. All is written in scripture. I wish I could reveal all that ought to be revealed but it is too lengthy.
All their wickedness had to come to completion and people had to see it and take sides either with the evil spirit worship of demons and destruction or to choose to love as commanded by our Elohim as given to Abraham and his sons. I write sons because the Palestinian Arabs were sons of Abraham by two wives Sarah and Keturah as well as Abraham's son by Hagar named Ishmael. Yahuveh chose a saint from heaven and I was told these things.
Yahuveh taught me from scripture where all evidence can be submitted by thought and by dreams. Judgment is imminent and Palestine will be inhabited by the descendants of all Abrahams sons who keep the Commandments. There will be no. haughty, heartless, cruel residents in the land when our Elohim acts and resolves all injustice.
Genesis 25:1-3 shows these sons born by Keturah. I was told these Palestinian people are loved by Allah my Elohim. I learned from Yahuveh I am a descendant of Aaron and the priesthood from Judah Maccabee. @@karenoneill2748
I knew him very slightly I met him at some films about glenn gould at the museum of natural history Edward was a fine pianist himself and a Palestinian patriot
This has me in tears. Imagine being so right in a time when no one agrees with you. The fact that he never loved to see the end of this madness is heartbreaking
I hope for a free Palestine in our lifetime!!
* lived / I agree with you
Being right and being self-righteous are two different things.
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It’s devastating that no one he’s speaking with seems to think Palestinians deserve sympathy. I am heartbroken that injustice can prevail throughout a man’s entire life.
This man was a major academic swindler and professional conman. His "Palestine Theory of History" has collapsed into the Jihadi rapes, bombings, stabbings, shootings and truck-ramming attacks that occur wherever the "Religion of Peace" reaches more than 5 percent of the population.
Said will be remembered in history as a dangerous conman who subverted western civilization.
it's really hard to see and read his work because of the strong undercurrent of grief and the repeat and casual cruelty he was subjected to in life. just, something about how he remains a pleasant and engaging speaker while being forced to intellectualize & understand his own oppression to try and *explain* it to others and it all just ends up ignored. my god, word for word most of everything he's said decades ago still applies today. it's so, so unfair.
They dont, they want to kill all the Jews since 1948 and use all propaganda tools including to force Israel to kill Arab kids to lt look Israel bad.
Don't worry. The organization he supported carried out numerous acts of violence so he must have thought it to be a worthwhile tradeoff.
@@jaialaiwarriorFighting for Freedom is my guess
I wonder if Dr. Said would have imagined that many years later young generations such as myself who’ve never heard of him would be looking up documentaries about Palestine. Rest in peace good doctor I’m sorry you never got to go back home
It's awesome that he is teaching us and touching our hearts, isn't it. Greetings from a 50 year old Irish rebel.
I attended Columbia Sept. 1981 for one semester but kept on going to its campus and library for nearly 4 years every day after finishing my classes in PINY/ Brklyn. I used to see him there on the campus as my friend told me once when he passed by us, this is Prof. Edward Saeed I didn't know about him then, then my friend told me that he was a great Christian scholar who speaks for Palestinian rights. may Allah bless his soul.
note: we were very few Arabs at that time and we demonstrated in Columbia University towards the UN on the east side when the deceased Sharon invaded Lebanon and sent Arafat out of Lebanon, but tell me what happened to Sharon afterward? God tortured him for years, "A'oothu bil'llah"!!
so it seems that we set the roots of peaceful resistance at Columbia University, and now it is exponentially growing. we suffered a lot and it was dangerous then and more than now. it is a long and painful story about the zionists who rule Manhattan.
I wonder why he decided to join the country who most support and arm his perpetrators. Seeeing people like him coming to live in these zionist colonies is always shocking to me.
The plight of Palestinians resonates with the feelings of oppression of ' black ' S. Africans during apartheid.
Zionist claim Palestine land is Jewish land after 200.000. Years? And Palestinian living in Palestine land for more than 200.000 years where they should go? Occupied oppression killing bombing Gaza killed Palestinians 75 years because of Palestinian's land.
The hardest part for Said in the interview was to provide insightful information because every time he said something he was always cut off…
Every time something happens in Palestine, I find myself returning to Edward Said to make sense of the madness of the world. If anyone believes the Palestinian issue is solely about Muslims and Islam, I insist diving into Edward Said's works. Especially for younger generations .
Thanks for the advice, I will be looking for his work.
Why? He was a liar. His background of victimhood is a fabrication. It's all been exposed. He was a very privileged Episcopalian who probably had some sort of patricidal fantasies or self loathing. His true passions were Rolex watches and bespoke Jermyn Street clothing. His work is worthless victimhood nonesense unmoored from reality.
Muslim and Islam ? Jews, Christian and Muslims.
Muslim is one who believes in Islam.
Its never been a religious conflict,just like Ireland was not a religious conflcit between prostetants and Catholics,its politicised identities not about religious doctrine,Jews,Muslims and christians have been living together in many places for hundreds of years.
It is about territory in the end.
Edward Said was raised as a protestant Christian and his family are all Christians
I'll never stop speaking about Palestine, it's an obligation to stand with the oppressed.
Thank you, you’re a hero 💯
I hope Edward Said has a monastery dedicated to him. He’s more spirit of God and humanity than anyone I’ve studied. What an amazing creation which time has lost.
I felt Dr. Said is forced to apologize in every interview, while no one ever apologizes to him 😅 I don't know he had the patience to go on these conversations again and again
Kinda like anyone nowadays defending Palestine has to first answer "do you condemn Hamas?". It's like a meme
Every single one of them kept cutting him off, trying to twist his words and paint him a certain way but he kept his cool the whole time and was incredibly reasonable. I don't know how he did it, he was truly one of a kind.
@Yepajw okay
@Yepajw
Do you realise how dumb you sound?
@Yepajw The whole “but we were here first” argument only get you so far. Some Lebanese have been found to have Canaanite DNA and they predated ancient Israel
@Yepajw so do hou think the first Jews saw the land completely empty of people and built a kingdom? You are a pathetic idiot
@@politicaltroll8920 these people don't know anything about history but faking it to justify the israeli OCCUPATION
I’m a criminology student and first heard about Dr. Said when I had a course called Terrorism & Fundamentalism my second year. He cannot express how much he changed my whole worldview. I already knew that the west was extremely bias against the Middle East and was generally educated in the Palestine history, but reading his books and learning things through the orientalist perspective really opened my eyes to a whole new world.
I can wholeheartedly say that since the day I first picked up one of his books will be one that I will never forget. This man had a way with words, his intellect remains unmatched still to this day. It is so sad that we lost him so early, I can’t even begin to image how different the would’ve might’ve looked, like today - how different, for the better, the Palestinian people’s lives could’ve been. He was such a prominent figure in the PLO, and such a big advocate for human rights and the Palestinians right to self governance.
If only they would’ve heeded Saids warnings about the Oslo Accord. If only they would’ve listened to him.
If only 😢I’m in tears just reading all these beautiful comments. He was truly a remarkable man with such profound intelligence ❤
Edward Said was an educated, intelligent man who passed away much too soon.
He was a professor who wrote books, and you claim he was educated?... No, who knew?! 🤦
@ktom5262 don’t start nonsense 😑
What a loss to the world to not have Dr. Said in our midst as a voice of integrity, intelligence, and compassion.
I’m listening to his interviews and reading his books because I need a wise comforting voice in these troubling times.
I'm trying to educate myself also ,times are changing
Our Genocide, let there be no mistake.
Oh I can happily live without Dr Said. He was NEVER Palestinian. His surname is pure Egyptian, his parents were Egyptian, he was Egyptian. The fact that they lived in Jerusalem for a while does not make him Palestinian. And I use the word Palestinian with great caution, seeing that it was a name stolen by Yasser Arafat (another Egyptian, for the record) as a means of claiming the entire territory that is modern Israel. Integrity? Liar, more like. Previous to independence, Jews living in "Palestine" were "Palestinian" and had the passports to prove it. Palestine was a Roman attempt to delegitimize the people of Judea. The original Palestian people - from the word Philistine (meaning "invaders") were not native to the region either. They were an Aegean people, who went, conquered for a while, eventually left, and disappeared as many tribes did.
Really? He supported PLO.
Overwhelmed by the courageous articulation of a great academic. His own determination to get back what was taken away can be seen in the grit with which the present generation is staving off another attempt to exile those who refused to leave this far. What a people, what raw courage these indomitable souls represent!
Watching him explain that story about the Palestinian man being interrogated as an attempt to relay something about his people's experience, then immediately get interrogated himself regarding terrorism was something else. Heartbreaking and tragic what has happened to the Palestinians, and how the west has let this happen.
Journalists only care about provocation and sensationalism not truth.
The west didn’t just let it happen, they actively caused it
He had it coming lol
His people's experience? Same people attacked Jerusalem in 638 AD, took it from jews, exiled them and denied them access to their temple for years but here Israel after taking over their land allowed Arabs build a mosque on top of Solomon's temple?
This must be a joke
nice to see the disingenuous "but do you condemn Hamas" question was being directed at pro-Palestinian voices even in Edward Said's time.
Rest in Peace Professor Said. Sadly the struggle still goes on with no victory in sight.
No, defeat is on your doorsteps. Reap what you've sown.
As a Palestinian, I am really ashamed that I never heard of professor Said before! It makes me so sad! I'll make sure that everyone I know hears about this great man!
I think he became greater in his later years. He didn't have the same focus and passion when he was younger.
its unfortunate he died young of cancer. now that narrative is finally becoming legitimate and open he would've had a ball being platformed in these times
@Joseph Gemin
Chomsky isn’t against the existence of that tumor in Palestine. As a Palestinian, that’s unacceptable.
You're an Arab. Arabs never called themselves palestiniians before 48
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@@rawman909 iam a Palestinian and of course my grandparents called them selves palestinians b4 48
And this doesn't change anything of our right in our homeland
I never had the pleasure to meet this brilliant scholar and thinker in person. I read his book "Out Of Place" a few years ago, almost stumbled upon it by acciddent, but it very much moved me. Ever since this eye-opening read I gained a much better understanding and realization of the plight of the Palestinian people. If he were alive today, what would he say?
He would be happy to see students awakened to the truth
How incredible charismatic he was. I mean, I knew he was a great mind, because of his writings, but he had such a big presence.
He is missed dearly.
He specifically stands out in those debates eith arrogant and smug Jews.
the fact that till this day a Palestinian refugee still can’t return to their country is unreal
I've actually met a syrian refugee who cannot return to his country because the part where he is from became and is still under Kurdish control and he needs a permit to enter - he now lives in Lebanon where he also needs a permit to stay and has reduced rights.
@@jimbopaw that’s despicable. Israel is the US’s terrorists arm doing all it’s dirty work.
... Armenians, Kurds ..... or even many apartheid countries families. Many cannot go back to their land
@daydream2818 Syrians are mistreated in Lebanon they can't even walk outside after 6 PM without risking being harassed get your facts straight
@daydream2818 that's bullshit
It's wonderful to hear his voice again. He was always so lucid, and truthful.
A word the great Edward Said would have used today to describe smears and attacks against him would be "Cognitive dissonance' the idea you don't recognise your own crimes or behaviour while continually focusing on the other. Great man.
« You can grasp the fact of the holocaust, but you can’t translate that into your own doom » , such an elegant statement of an emotionally, socially, and politically complex state.
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Thank you for quoting this phrase of Dr Saïd. It helps me, as a Palestinian, to put words on what I feel and am subjected to since I was born.
Beautiful statement that shows that when we truly and fully hear the people of Palestine, we understand the unbelievable injustice for paying the price of other human horrors…
A tremendous respect for professor Said, a remarkable thinker that I have just
discovered
And all the love, compassion and peace for all human beings specially the Palestinians for what they are going through ❤
The European Holocaust was not a Palestinian problem.
@@den264no one said it was. There have been jews in that area for thousands of years long before Islam was invented.
Israel has accepted every 2 state deal offered but the Arab nations and Palestinian terrorists start wars. Both people have legitimate claims. One side is happy to share while the other wants continual war.
Edward Said shaped my understanding of orientalism at university, and later on Palestine. I am so grateful interviews like this exist. rest in power
@Yepajw okay
@Yepajw whatever you say big fella
@Yepajw
Funny guy
Mine too!
@Yepajw the present-day Israelis are Khazarians from Europe -- and are not descendants of the origiinal Biblical Hebrews- they have no rightful claim to the land of Palestine
This documentary is truly heartbreaking and at the same time the perfect analogy of today's situation. It shows probably one of the most humane and committed intellectuals of the twentieth century being continuously scrutinized and questioned for advocating his right to exist. You can feel his loneliness. And yet he remains consistent, humane and serene. An absolute gentleman and my personal hero.
beautifully said
I'll never stop speaking about Palestine, it's an obligation to stand with the oppressed.
Except that in Israel/Palestine, it would take only a small series of events for the role of oppressed / oppressor to switch 180 degrees in the blink of an eye.
The hardline Arab nationalists and, more recently, organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah would wipe out Israelis in a heartbeat given the opportunity. That's been the case for decades. And so moderate Palestinians have always suffered not just under agressive Zionism, but by these competing nationalisms in Israel/Palestine. (and, frankly, so have, left-wing Israelis, particularly in more recent decades.)
Here's a question to ask yourself. Why is it that the strategies of nonviolence resistance which spread from India to South Africa to countless other places in the mid-20th Century were never made central to the Arab nationalist or Palestinian causes? (Yes, there were once moderate Palestinian groups who tried these strategies, but somehow they were never able to rise to be the prominent center of Palestinian politics.)
This is the problem with adopting the cause of the Palestinians without striking any balance and without looking into the nuanced details. It isn't quite as simple as "standing with the oppressed." Sorry.
Why do you think it is that you're still having to standing for these oppressed? Many countries have been divided before. India spilt into three at about the same time as Israel was established. That partition is now a topic for history. The Arabs don't seem to be able to go that way. The Gaza Strip has had their own administration for quite some time, but they don't seem to be interested in settling down.
@@Robespierre-lI "Hurr durr nazis and holocaust victims can quickly do a 180"
@@AtCheruti "India spilt into three at about the same time as Israel was established. That partition is now a topic for history"
You comparing People in India from different religions who lived their for millennia with Palestine where Jewish population that in 1948 one third of the population came 3 years before the state declaration (Check Ilan Pappe the Israeli historian and other Israeli records if you don't believe me)"?!
The Gaza strip live in the biggest prison where they can't fish without a permission, Electricity, food and gas have to come through Israel control. Go educate yourself about the conflict before making nonsense assumptions and comparisons.
@@Robespierre-lI "The hardline Arab nationalists and, more recently, organizations like Hamas and Hezbollah would wipe out Israelis in a heartbeat given the opportunity. That's been the case for decades. And so moderate Palestinians have always suffered not just under agressive Zionism, but by these competing nationalisms in Israel/Palestine. (and, frankly, so have, left-wing Israelis, particularly in more recent decades.)"
Just total nonsense, just check 1948 as an example where Arab armies which is 1/3 Israeli Army btw entered to the specific land spaces where it was allocated to the Palestinians by the UN and they never crossed the lands allocated to the Jewish. If they were attacking Israel why they didn't attack the cities allocated to the Jews? But guess what Israel was just too aggressive to push all those Arabs and take more lands just because they can. Just check why Israel doesn't have a border on any official map. It's a settlers colonization society that's built on expansion as was the US with the native communities and other similar societies. Why they attacked 3 countries in 1967. Why they invaded Lebanon?
They don't accept any negotiations over Gloan Heights, or South Lebanon, Jerusalem and West bank Illegal settlements.
Don't take my words for it go check Ilan Pappe the Israeli historian, Avi Shlaim and others and read their books.
I got in touch with "Orientalism" abt 10yrs ago in a class on postcolonialism and I'm so glad I did. Edward Said's work is so important and I wish it would be well known throughout different fields of studies
Me too, we read It as part of our social anthropology studies on postcolonialism.Grateful to come across him again now and see this interview.Thank you Edward Said for all you have taught us and may we continúe to read Up, learn and reflect on your books, documentaries and interviews. Learn also how to have a peaceful dialogue and stay calm bringing across your thoughts, the facts of the past and your experience.
"...the tremendous sadness and uncertainty of what is to come." It comes.
My education was lacking and youtube brings me Edward Said at the eleventh hour.
Even years-old discourses by those who know are relevant right now.
What a committed, brilliant and feeling man he was.
TH-cam algorithm did good on this one :)
How come. I have it even if I didn t search for it. It s bizzae isn't it?
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This shouldn't stay on djutube for long... Algorithms work for both ways : to teach and to censore.
#tarotthecatastrophe
That shocks me that the algorithm brought this to you. It must be a mistake. hahaha
This was quite great to listen to. I had heard of E. Said before, and listened briefly, but this time...listened fully. We don't have these intelligent, thought-provoking voices anymore, certainly not in academia. Sorry that he isn't here for Palestine in 2023!
Hadith Riyad as-Salihin 1820 is a casll to genocide Jews, why are Muslims so emotional?
Professor Said is one of my favorite scholars and human beings. His work should be thaught all over the world for his kindness, knowledge and humanity.
RIP Edward Said. He sparked my initial learning in Arabic, and I am still at it since the early years of 1980s. I got a copy of his Orientalism at the old Bookmarks, in Finsbury Park, London.
His passionate writing about music - in particular, glenn gould's expression of it - made a big impression on me. He employs the critical tools and analytic skills commensurate with his academic reputation, along with the musical intelligence and technique of a concert-level pianist. I am saddened to think that there will be no more illuminations coming from that mind, but i'm grateful for the ones that were given.
Edward Said, your voice of wisdom is sadly missed in these trying times.
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@Digonto you must be the only one on this planet with that warped view of Prof. Said.
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This video is 35 years old. How tragic and miserable that Said's words are almost more relevant now than they were when he said them in 1988.
The recent atrocities in Gaza brought me to watch this documentary, I felt privileged listening to this eloquent and articulate man from my country Palestine 🇵🇸. One day Palestine will be free and I will go for a nice walk in my father’s village near Ashkelon ❤
The meek will inherit the earth
I hope this comes true, but honestly, I am not optimistic.
The Palestinians are the American Indians and the Australian Aborigines of the modern era, as I listen to their cry for help and observe their status as refugees from their home land I am struck by the thought that this is exactly how the Indians and Aborigines must have felt all those years ago but without the aid of an international media to alert the world to their plight.
“International Media” seems like a bit of a red flag, don’t it?
Craig Thurlow what a shitty comeback, you can do better
@Yepajw quit the zionist spamming, seriously.
@Yepajw okay spammer
@Yepajw the Jewish diaspora is recognized through dna by its Arab markers. Hebrew is a conlang invented for the zionist movement and spoken with foreign accents. The diaspora spoke Aramaic and Arabic, not Hebrew.
Abraham religions are poorly plagiarized from a dozen older religions, historic events and people. Jesus was invented by rome to divide occupied Palestine. You're an idiot.
I started reading Said’s work in the 90s . Crucial for understanding the complexities of this tragedy.
edward said is the foremost public intellectual of our recent history. everything i have achieved in my limited academic career so far has been built off of the awesome foundation he laid out all those years ago. rest in power
My dad, Mazen Nicolas Manasseh, passed for the same passport event in Brazil. Being born in Haifa, 1940, when naturalized Brazilian, it took him 5 trips to Brasilia to correct the fact that he was not born in Israel. Erasing memories from the beginning. Have you all realized that the British press keeps calling "The Palestinian problem?"
He and his family did NOT give up their home in Palestine; they were forced to leave it!
@Yepajw lol. What's it like being this ignorant?
@Yepajw yaacob is that you? please dont steal my house
I’m dying 😂😂😂😂
@Yepajw There are Arabians, who are from Arabia, and there are Arabs who are many ethnic groups, Arabized by adopting the official Language; i.e. Arabic. Palastinians don't speak Pure Arabic but a mixture of Arabic and Syriac, both are of the same language family. Palestinians are descended of Canaanites, Amorites, Idumaeans, Hebrews and other Semitic groups. Through centuries, they Adopted different official languages, Canaanite, Aramaic, Syriac, Greek and Arabic. They converted to different religions, some converted to Judaism, later the majority converted to Christianity and finally a big portion converted to Islam. Religion is not an indication of ethnicity, origin or unquestioned right to a homeland.
@Yepajw absolute rubbish. You dont know what your talking about. Arabs are all from arabia?
Dont make me laugh. Your ignorant lies make you look foolish
My grand mother, Leila Haddad, a proud Arab who moved to Brooklyn in the 1940s hosted Edward Said among other Arab intellectuals when I was growing up. People think I’m a crazy leftist for sympathizing with the Palestinians but don’t understand I have family, despite being Christian, who were displaced from their homeland in Haifa in the 1930s and forced to Lebanon and Syria
As one of Irish ancestry I sympathise with the Palestinian people ❤
Zionist imperialism is a satanic movement
Your family might have moved from British Mandatory Palestine to Lebanon or Syria in the 1930's, but no one forced them to do so, and they were not "displaced."
How odd. Are you aware that there are hundreds of Christians who fled Lebanon - and more recently West Bank cities like Bethlehem and, indeed, of what was primarily Christian Arab Arabs like Nazareth. They got to Lebanon only because the Palestinians of the West Bank fled to Jordan, proceeded to terrorize its people, and plotted to assassinate King Hussein He thew them out and most went to Syria or Lebanon. Lebanon itself was part of "South Syria" and become a French mandate after WW1. It had a Christian (Maronite) majority - until your darling Palestinians proeede to terrorize and force Islam on them. Indeed, how paradoxical that many of them fled right back to Israel and are currently living in northern Israeli towns, created a nasty, horrible war, forced Islam on the Christian majority of Lebanon and destroyed that once prosperous country. Christians there live in fear of the Palestinians you now sympathize with. Life's a funny old thing. Many who fled to Lebanon from Israel have fled from Lebanon back to Israel to escape the Palestinian Muslim tyranny. The same with Christians in the West Bank, most of whom have reclaimed Israeli citizenship. I'd venture to say that you've been misled.
But Jordan didnt exist as a monarchy it was created by British for the Faisals brother from SA.they may have been Christians or Muslims@@glenp3985
@@glenp3985haha you're full of shit! Palestinian Christians will one-day comeback to Palestine. Christian zionism on the other hand must be abolished and critiqued. Another judeo Christian crusade will not happen even though Christians are involved in alot of this mess.
Edward Said very much influenced the famous son of Israeli soldier, Miko Peled in changing his mind after being brought up under Zionist family background talking about Miko Peled of course. Said' concept of Orientalism is still taught in modern sociology and anthropology courses.
miko peled already had some influence from matti peled, the only difference being matti peled was still a bit zionist
rewatching this in 2021, thing hasn't changed since 1986
Truth
@Yepajw no he is not, plus the Palestinian people right now are a mix of all these cultures, Jewish, greek Arab...etc.
They have been Arabized and not colonized, one proof is the existence of Palestinian jews.
A good example is North Africa, it has also been Arabized but the native Berbers are still a part of the demography and have not been displaced. So stop spreading lies and misinformation!
@Yepajw also a lier also a spammer
1948*
It's gotten worse.
Am glad that am an English student and I had a whole semester and subject on colonialism and through that I get to learn about this man .
Thank you so much for this video as a Christian I was led to believe that Zionism represented Christianity…I’ve always wondered why were the Palestinians refusing to give up..I now understand the desperation not to leave home..God bless Palestine and her people❤
You’re a complete idiot. The Arabic word for a black person is Abd which means slave. Arabs consider all blacks slaves and you lick their asses.
Finally a smart Christian.
@@kisha4040
Sadly, not finally a moron.
@@jsw7814This is a blatant lie. Yes there are racist arabs, just like there are racist whites. Meanwhile in Israel they are sterilizing black Ethiopian women. Don’t ever try and use anti blackness as an argument to support Israels colonization when Israelis are incredibly racist.
@@kisha4040
A true Christian does not follow anyone but Jesus…it’s a narrow path
As of October 16, 2023, amidst the newly
erupted Gaza War, this documentary is more eye-opening than most of anything else I have ever seen concerning the unbearable and unbelievable suffering of the Palestinian People. [writing from Germany]
Some 2.1 million Palestinians - the "Israeli Arabs," who number more than the 2 million who live in Gaza - live in Israel, being those who in 1948 chose to stay, and in addition, their descendants.
Being Israeli citizens, they have a good life and are happier than any of the Palestinians who live in Gaza (where they are brutally oppressed between 1948 and 1967 by Egypt, whose occupation was accompanied by a refusal to create a Palestinian state, and since 2006 by Hamas), in the Arab states (where they are and since 1948 they been oppressed by despotic rulers who hate them) or in the West Bank (where they were oppressed by the Jordanian monarchy, which annexed the West Bank in 1950, and in so doing refused to create a Palestinian, until Jordanian control was ended by Israel's victory in the 1967 and subsequent attempt to remedy Jordan's omission by negotiating the creation of a Palestinian state).
@@jackburgess274well I see ur point and it proves my opinion that the list of guilty nations is not limited to Israel, so the whole list is next: Israel, Egypt, Jordan, UK, USA, USSR.
Second, all mentioned benefits are truly remarkable but it kinda creates a dangerous reason and excuse for others to occupy other less developed countries like if Germany occupied Poland the poles now would live in a better country and then Germans be like oh what an ingratitude of these poles who are enjoying the best economics in the world yet they don't like us.
@@Gorbachew
Pre- 1967 Israel had never occupied any country or any part of any country.
Following the creation of it, and of its neighbour Palestine in 1948 by the British implementation of the League of Nations' 1947 Partition Plan (where such implementation consisted in Britain's withdrawal from the region, leaving the Jews and Arabs to sort it out for themselves), Israel had fought wars of survival in 1948, 1956 and 1967 against neighbouring countries who were determined to "obliterate" it from the face of the earth (to use the term subsequently enshrined in the founding charters of Hamas and Hezbollah).
Israel has never been to blame for anything,
Like Russia (re Ukraine), it has always wanted simply to be left alone.
(In your list of countries to blame you leave out e.g. Syria, which invaded Israel in 1973 and funds and arms Hezbollah, and Iran which funds and arms both Hamas and Hezbollah, being countries that actively support the aims and methods of those deluded, utterly depraved, and as racist as it is possible to be organisations.)
@@jackburgess274Arab Israelis are second class citizens. So don't even pretend they live as equals to Jewish Israelis. Jordan and Egypt didn't declare a Palestinian State because the 1948 establishment of Israel was illegal. So they wanted that situation settled and the right of return of those expelled.
@@marceloorellana5726
>>"Arab Israelis are second class citizens."
They are not.
>>"Jordan and Egypt didn't declare a Palestinian State because the 1948 establishment of Israel was illegal."
LOL
1. Since Jordan annexed the West Bank in 1950, it was a bit rich to complain that the Partition Plan was illegal.
2. The UN's 1947 Partition Plan was not illegal.
I don't think I'll ever understand how people can be so cruel.
when you live in a comfortable hamster cage and not in the sewers of the world it's easy to hold that sentiment.
whenever you have a position of power, you are amongst those who become the cruelest of them all lol
I'm not joking...... most cruel people are the ones who did not understand cruelty lol
When you understand cruelty and see it as an instrument.... you will be a bit moderate in its use lol
Synagogue of satan
Religion gives people all the ideology they need to be evil and offers forgiveness for it.
@@farsalami8605 I think it's exactly the opposite -- when people have been mistreated, they become hardened to others' suffering. To wit: Hamas, Israel.
As an Iranian, I like this visionary man , one of great honours of middle east ...😢😢😢
I loved reading Dr. Said’s book “Orientalism” in graduate school back in 2009. It truly is one of the prized possessions in my library. What an amazing video; I hope it inspires a new generation of people to raise awareness about the Palestinians’ apartheid experience, Inshallah (God willing). Free Palestine!
Hadith Riyad as-Salihin 1820 is a casll to genocide Jews, why are Muslims so emotional?
he is dead now
No, God willing the garden variety Arabs who make believe they are "Palestinians" ... God willing they will emigrate to a Muslim country they can call home. Arab Muslims hate Jews. Why live among them ?
Yeah, lots of us read it in graduate school. It's fairly dated, at this point, to be honest. It's historical utility is highest applied to specific periods of modern European Empires. A little less so for the medieval era. It's also difficult to extrapolate beyond the Europe - Near East dynamic. I find the other postcolonial theorists far more helpful.
As for Palestine, there was a time when orientalism still provided a useful framework for understanding the conflict. However, it evolved into a entirely different kind of condlict since then. It shares far more with conflicts where two ethno-nationalist start fighting violently over one piece of land. Israel may have the upper hand, but the minute you consider the pan-Arab and Iranian threats to Israel, it becomes much weaker. Israel/Palestine resembles Northern Ireland and the Balkans now.
I recommend putting down old Said and having a look at the literature on nationalism instead.
@@inagordan4589 His ideas are alive. Ideas transcend this mortal existence.
What a treasure. Professor Said taught me so much with his writing but I've never actually watched any clips of him until now. I adore him even more so after watching this. Very insightful and important. Solidarity with Palestine from a diaspora Kurd.
We Palestinians support you 🇵🇸
PALESTINIANS REALLY SERYIAN.. FROM NEBUCHANESSER STEALING ISRAEL..... AND YOU AS A KURD YOUR PEOPLE WERE BEING KILLED BY IRAQ AND IRAN BEAUSE YOU WOULD NOT SPY..THIS IS THE TRUE REASON FOR THE IRAQ WAR.. I JESUS GAVE THE KURDS THEIR OWN NATION..... YOUR WELCOME.
What did he teach you?
@@shawnbarron2455 Probably 'Orientalism' and the role of identity. For example, how the West pushed an image of the Oriental (exotic, mysterious, traditional, backwards) to define themselves (modern, rational, progressive). But also 'self-orientalism' which is how some Asian societies consciously or unconsciously act and live the way they have been defined. It helps explain how power is intertwined with identity and narrative and also explains the 'Clash of Civilisations' narrative. Hope that makes sense.
In the midst of all the confusion right now - Said's clarity and deep understanding of the complex issues is desperately needed. Chomsky and Said - if only people would take time out and spend some time listening to these scholars.
EDWARD SAID, truly a voice for those who have no voice!!!
the friggin patience of this guy, my god.
WATCH WHAT YOU SAY ITS NOT THE SAME GOD..THEY WORSHIP SATAN BUT TO STUPID TO KNOW IT. JESUS
@@markjapan4062 who Christians? ....Prof Said was one.
I'm a big admirer of Said's. Not just his academic work, but his musical work. His founding of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with Daniel Barenboim was an interesting and necessary partnership which led in its own small way to the bettering of relationships between Jews and Arabs.
I've done readings of Said's work in university classes before, typically from "Orientalism" or "Culture and Imperalism" but coming back to him after all these years to hear his lived experience and developed views on this ongoing conflict is really eye opening. From the river to the sea Palestine will be free
It won’t be free
@@pablogonzo9939Your mom says the same thing before I fix her.
Edward Said was an amazing man. I just found out about him tonight from this vid3. I have started watching videos about him. It is so sad that the same desperate situation the Palestinians are in today. I did not know about Palestinian sufferings till after October 7th 2023. after doing a lot research. I am praying that they get liberation soon.
How we miss you professor Said !!
Such a pure, natural and truthful account - please everyone, send this video to your political representatives and repost everywhere to inform the ignorant of the Palestinian plight and epic injustice suffered. Repost repost!
They didn’t “give up their home” they were expelled, as were 800 000 Palestinians in 1948.
Why was that 🤔
@@Hankblue enlighten us all, why was that? 🤗
@@ForPeaceOnly I mean they were living in the middle of a civil war conflict, there's a reason why the term 'war displacement' exists.
@@Hankblue I still am not clear on what side you are on? The oppressed or the oppressor. Being vague can slide at times but certainly not at times like this.
@@ForPeaceOnly I'm on the side of the oppressed always, so today I am on the side of Palestinians who deserve a stable country. But back in 1948? I would have been on the side of Israelis defending themselves from a multisided war.
Spectacular video
R.I.P Edward Saeed 💐💐💐
His books are treasures, specially 'The Orientalism الاستشراق'
Free Free Free Palestine 🇵🇸
Good day Sykes and thank you🌪
Hadith Riyad as-Salihin 1820 is a casll to genocide Jews, why are Muslims so emotional?
"You transform to same thing as you search for it" Rumi
هر چه در جستن آنی آنی = رومی
And you searched all your life for your homeland and now you have become the goal of your search "Palestine" , you have become a part of Palestine
R.I.P. brother
1935 - 2003
😭😭🌿🕊💕
Died too young. What a loss.
Hadith Riyad as-Salihin 1820 is a casll to genocide Jews, why are Muslims so emotional?
It's now 2023, 20 years since this Precious man left this world and the heartbreaking, deterioration today. How very sad
I really hope this message can be heard by more and more people around the world
Hadith Riyad as-Salihin 1820 is a casll to genocide Jews, why are Muslims so emotional?
33:00 Oh my, they did a "Do you condemn ..." on Edward Said. It's a game as old as occupation...
What an incredibly gifted intellectual Said was. If he were still alive today, the world would be a better place. His insight on this issue in 1988 remains incredibly relevant today, and gives us many things to consider surrounding the conflict today.
It's a wonderful documentary. Edward Said is so elequent in his expression. Apart from being Palestinian he is Christian. This has a lot to do with his vision and understanding of the Palestinian problem. A tragedy he died, before Palestinian freedom would ever come to pass.
People have been speaking and don’t know ANYTHING about the region. Thank you to this man for speaking the truth.
Clearly you don't know much about the region either. Said was only speaking "HIS" truth. But he was himself lived a lie. He had relatives who were "Arabs living in Jerusalem, with whom he lived only for a while, but his family were from EGYPT. Said is a typically Egyptian name (it's easy to tell origins of people by their surnames in that region). Hamas is a wing of the very Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood organisation. Only about one third of the residents of Gaza are from the Judea/Samarian region as refugees. The rest were Egyptians and Saudis (Gaza having been under Egyptian administration) who settled there as labourers etc. Truth is multi-faceted.
@@glenp3985 Didn’t read fck off racist
@@glenp3985no he was not Egyptian. He was Palestinian. Mother was Palestinian and Lebanese and father was Palestinian. They moved to Egypt. Then Lebanon.
@@glenp3985Oy vey. Hasbara
A great intellectual and Crtic who left us all much too soon. He was and is a living Testament of those times. His loss is incalculable.
His experiences as an Arab in the U.S reminds me of my own personal experience.
@Yepajw Go back to Europe
@Yepajw
On whose authority do you speak?
Ignorance is not an authority!
Rest in ignorance
@@laurebourgeois7256 Bourgeois by name..
Hadith Riyad as-Salihin 1820 is a casll to genocide Jews, why are Muslims so emotional?
Dr Edward Said: a truly noble soul, a man of deep humanity and intellectual grandeur. Remembered with the utmost reverence and respect by this Indian American writer here in Pune, India. Absolute solidarity with the Palestinian people.
I lived in Beirut from 1971 till 1976. Was a witness but still learned heaps from Mr Said. Too young and naive. Went back for work in 1982 and was taken around the destroyed camps by a proud Christian colleague to show me the destruction. Still very naive but this time round was fearful. and devastated at the destruction of a city and country I loved. Thank you again for sharing this. Much older and wiser now. 😢😢
Amazing to watch the way he handled so many bad faith arguments from media figures. Remarkable composure.
One of the best things i learned and loved in university is this guy's work on the idea of the oriental in west and Palestinian struggle . His theory makes u view racism in general in different way too. Lots of respect #Palestine
Hadith Riyad as-Salihin 1820 is a casll to genocide Jews, why are Muslims so emotional?
Sorry for the Palestinians and what they ve been going through this is unfair...😢
"I feel as if I am a delinquent". That is a tragic statement from E. Said and those in similar situations.. Not guilty, but being treated as guilty and seen as a threat ..Such a great thinker, an academic who was kicked out of his land and was forebidden to return..So much potential and beauty in diversity could have been manifested in a different way benefiting all groups..
We miss you, Professor Said...we miss you so much 😔
@Vagas he passed away.
@Yepajw Genetically speaking, Palestinians are the cousins of the Jews, their bloodline being even more pure than the Jewish one. The Palestinians living in Gaza and the West Bank are the direct descendants of the Neolithic period inhabitants of the Region.
@Yepajw You are just telling bull shit. Palestinian are the true owner of the land. Most of the jews who lives now in Israel , their parents or grand parents came from Europe or the arabic world.
There is only a minority of jew palestinians.
You are trying to do what the european have done in north american against the native american., You are trying to colonize this land, you are imperialist. But it won t work because we are in the XXI century.
You have failed, because the palestinians won t disappear and the world community is aware of the atrocities you are commiting in the name of Judaism.
The state of Palestine will exist and the muslims, christians and jews will be equal.
The zionist will leave Palestine and go back to Europe or USA.
@@laurebourgeois7256 "their bloodline being even more pure than the Jewish one" - wtf kind of talk is that? "pure bloodlines" - you know who else liked to talk of "pure bloodlines"? ...
@@bertrandderegnaucourt8265 yeah, it will be a heaven on earth, just like the rest of the middle east :)
Outspoken star for lost humanity. Rest in peace, legend.
Lovely phrase. Thank you
Beautifully said
Inspiring Intellectual!!!
Reading Edward Said for the first time and admiring his mastery, his skill, his immense scholarship.
Everything about Palestine and Palestinians reminds me of holiness, authenticity and rich history
Time you found out the truth of Palestine and the conflict. Its history. Why it was even called Palestine in the 1st place. Constant incitement to violence and disrespect on the Jews homeland after being unable to share at any time. Hijacked this historic holy land years ago from the Jews to give more legitimacy to a new book that came out as well. Islam got enough holy places already I imagine. Leave this small area that doesn't belong to them alone..
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People really listened to him, he was the voice of calmer heads.
Edward said" his books are diamond... I can't believe he is gone..... I read his work lockdown time..... not only Flastine ..he care about the 🌏...❤️
Nothing has changed since! What a scary determination. Mr. Said is my enlightenment. What a precious human being!
Mr Said gives us a life lesson. May he stay in peace. God bless him.
Edward Said is a laudable academics for his enduring integrity supporting Palestine cause.
Palestinians were Jews not Arabs before 48
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@@rawman909 😂😂🤡 you’re so stupid
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:00 🇵🇸 Edward Said's Personal Journey
- Edward Said's experiences as a Palestinian and Arab in the West.
- Feeling criminalized and delinquent due to stereotypes.
- Edward Said's background and academic career.
05:44 🌍 The Historical Background
- The impact of the Zionist settlement in Palestine.
- The Balfour Declaration and conflicting promises.
- Edward Said's family's experiences during this time.
09:26 🛂 Identity and Passport Struggles
- Challenges faced by Palestinian refugees and their identities.
- The unique situation of Jerusalem.
- The complexities of passports and birthplace.
15:45 📚 Edward Said's Scholarly Work
- Edward Said's analysis of Western attitudes towards the Orient.
- His critique of Orientalism and its impact.
- The idea of the Orient in Western culture.
20:57 🇵🇸 The Impact of the 1967 War
- The transformative effect of the 1967 war on Edward Said's identity.
- The Arab-Israeli conflict's influence on his perspective.
- The need to rethink his identity and life.
23:30 🇵🇸 Arab Identity and Zionism
- Discussion on how Zionism conceives Arabs and Palestinians.
- Instances of racial remarks and controversy.
- The treatment of Jews from Arab countries in Israel.
24:55 🔍 Edward Said discusses the perception of England and the representation of politicians.
- Edward Said reflects on generalizations about England.
- He points out the influence of Arab-Israeli wars on the trend.
- Mention of how Arab extremists have affected some with their brutality.
26:02 🇵🇸 Edward Said raises questions about immigration laws in Israel.
- Edward Said discusses the Law of Return in Israel.
- He points out the contrast between Jewish and Palestinian rights.
- Mention of the historical context of the law.
27:22 😔 Edward Said highlights the difficulty for Palestinians to sympathize with the Holocaust.
- Edward Said discusses the challenge of Palestinian sympathy for the Holocaust.
- He talks about the atrocities Palestinians face under Israeli occupation.
- Emphasizes the importance of understanding the force Palestinians are dealing with.
30:03 🤣 Humorous Palestinian radio skit about terrorism.
- A humorous radio skit parodying terrorism.
- The skit reflects the captured Palestinian's witty responses.
- Satirical commentary on terrorism and terrorists.
34:16 🤨 Edward Said's view on terrorism and the Palestinian struggle.
- Edward Said condemns terrorism and emphasizes his opposition to it.
- He distinguishes between acts of terrorism and the broader Palestinian struggle.
- Discusses the asymmetry in violence and suffering between Israelis and Palestinians.
37:25 😢 Edward Said reflects on the fall of Beirut and the Palestinian presence.
- Edward Said discusses the significance of the fall of Beirut for Palestinians.
- Reflects on the Palestinian presence in Beirut and the loss of a unique period.
- Talks about the impact of the city's fall and the state of exile.
45:11 🚨 Report on the Palestinian refugee camp of Bourj al-Barajneh.
- A report on the dire conditions in the Bourj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp.
- Describes the siege and daily challenges faced by Palestinian women and girls.
- Highlights the historical context and significance of the camp.
46:52 🗣️ Edward Said discusses the challenges faced by Palestinians due to their existence.
- Edward Said addresses the role of Palestinians in the region and their impact.
- Talks about how the existence of Palestinians is perceived as a provocation.
- Emphasizes that the mere identity of being Palestinian creates challenges.
48:14 🔥 Israeli actions and violence during the peace talks
- Israeli forces attempt to quell Palestinian uprisings.
- The aim was to maintain peace during peace talks, but the situation escalated.
- Incidents of Israeli brutality and summary justice are reported.
50:08 🇵🇸 Palestinian resilience and heroism
- Palestinians exhibit fearlessness in the face of Israeli forces.
- Focus on Palestinians and their actions, making them less shadowy figures.
- A sense of heroism and sacrifice among Palestinians.
51:19 ✈️ Impact of Israeli policy on Palestinian travels
- Edward Said's decision not to travel to the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
- The possibility of not being admitted to the airport due to Israeli restrictions.
- The disappointment of not being able to show his family the places of his birth.
52:52 🏠 Connection to places of birth in Palestine
- A distant and strange connection to the places of Edward Said's birth.
- Mention of Nazareth and Jerusalem, his mother's and father's towns.
- The unchanged nature of these places over time, connecting the past and present.
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@@RM-ti8nf my pleasure
Thanks for uploading this video. Edward Said, a brilliant scholar.
I almost got to hear Dr Said speak back in graduate school. I was enrolled in an MFA program, and one evening our professor informed the class that Dr. Said was about to give a talk in half an hour. He offered us the choice of going to hear Dr. Said or holding class. I was in the minority as the majority of my classmates voted to hold class. The professor went back to discussing Tess of the D'Urbervilles, then when the students who voted to hold class chimed into the book discussion he exploded and called the students nitwits, intellectual midgets, and even accused these classmates of not reading the book. I had never seen any professor erupt in anger as I did that day. I think the thing that pissed him off was that he really wanted to hear Dr. Said, whom he informed us was very ill, and that it would likely be the last time any of us had to hear him. After our professor's outburst he stormed out of the classroom. I think he went to go and hear what he could of Dr. Said's talk. He wanted to cut the class short. He was a pompous ass. But I would rather have heard Said's talk than my professor's conniption fit.
Thank you for making this touching video available, essential for one's understanding of the history of the current tragic events.
Ireland stands with Palestine 🇮🇪🇵🇸🍀💚🙏
Thank you! Free Palestine!
This is so warming the heart ❤
❤🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸✌️✌️✌️
Ireland has always been a friend of the oppressed and the down trodden.Great respect for Irish people.
No. You don't speak for all of Ireland. I stand with Israel against barbarism, rape, torture, and abduction. That is what we USED to stand against.
I can not fathom how anyone would be unable to see how right he is about everything he says.
it's not the eyes that are blind, but the hearts
Absolutely fascinating and heartbreaking. What an articulate man.
Really his words and thoughts are still giving us more power
A gem of a video in such trying times. Despite the melancholy after watching this, there is still a sense of hope.
Thank you so much for posting this. It has been thrilling to watch this today.
As a Moroccan, I've heard of professor Said in the late seventies .He was genius ,cultivated ,brave and committed to the Palestinian cause .,although he had a misunderstanding misunderstanding with Arafat as far as I could remember .
Thank you for having put it online Mr Sykes.
Thanks for uploading this video. Eye opening and intellectual resource for anyone wanting to understand the reality from first hand accounts. Admirer of Prof Said.
Thanks to my undergrad Prof. Spanos for teaching an entire class on this man.
All the beautiful songs of yearnings for Jerusalem, written by generations of Jews, the prayers and crying for the return to our forbidden homeland, all of them should be passed to the Palestinians. And we, the Jewish Israelis, should be forbidden to sing them any more.
"How can we sing the Lord song on a strange land?" we once famously prayed. "How can we sing the exiled songs on a conquered land?" we should ask ourselves today.
In a way, the Palestinians are going threw the Jewish experience of exile and delegitimization.
It's a tragic irony that from all the suffering and the injustice that we went threw our history, especially the last and worst of all, we took the completely wrong lesson.
In a way, the Palestinians are the secondary victims of the of antisemitism and the holocaust.
What a shame. What a disgraceful chapter it is on the rich and inspiring Jewish history.
Somewhere, I read or heard, Edward Said referred to Palestinians as 'victims of the victims'.
@@malcolmtyler1673
Absolutely.
Even right-wing Israelis recognise it.
But then they go and blame them...
Didn't really get your point song over an lifes? What do think on Israel and Palestine?
Fabulous comment!
I have an Israeli born friend who says the same...”after all that happened to us, who would have thought we could do this?”
@@yehoshuadalven What do you think about where the conflict is going . I am a Palestinian and genuinely asking you