Palestinian Scholar Edward W. Said Dies

Newsday ^ | 9/25/03 | The Associated Press

[Alter Kaker]

NEW YORK -- Edward W. Said, a Columbia University professor, literary critic and leading spokesman in the United States for the Palestinian cause, has died, his editor at Knopf publishers said Thursday. He was 67.

Said died at a New York hospital, said editor Shelly Wanger. He had suffered from leukemia at least since the early 1990s.

[habs4ever]

I'm sure its sackcloth time over at The Nation.Bring your black shroud and do drop a note to Sue Sarandon if you get the chance ;-)

[IowaHawk]

Diagnosis: bile overdose.

[habs4ever]

Oh, Charlie Rose will be in tears tonight ;-)

[Recourse]

I can't believe the article repeated the lie that Said was born in Jerusalem. It has been conclusively proven that Said was born to an upper-middle class family in Cairo, then under nominal British control. His story, as we learned, was completely false. Said attended a posh private school in Cairo. And in July 2000, Said was photographed throwing rocks over the Lebanese border into Israel, attempting to hit Israelis on the other side. The Columbia Daily Spectator, his own university’s student paper, commented that his “hypocritical violent action” was “alien to this or any other institution of higher learning.”

[the_greatest_country_ever]

No more rocks to be thrown,
Nor lies to be said,
Whether Sa-eeed or Said,
We're all much better off that he's DEAD!

[Alouette]

B'ibud resho'im rena!

[wideawake]

Is this the same guy who wrote a best seller about growing up in Jerusalem that was all a lie?

It's the same guy, except that his book was only a best-seller on campus, thankfully.

[PianoMan]

A prominent abetter of terrorism and anti-Western hate. Good riddance.

[pierrem15]

Palestinian Scholar Edward W. Said Dies

Said was born in Egypt, I believe. Even in death, he continues to lie.

[OldFriend]

Truly a New Year's blessing.

[Fear the Turtle]

As mentioned, Said and Arafat were raised in Egypt. See the Daniel Pipes article: http://www.danielpipes.org/article/317

[OldFriend]

Hey, you ruined my lunch!

[OldFriend]

Until the picture appeared he denied throwing rocks.

[rmlew]

May G_d be more forgiving of the departed Gay Egyptian revisionist PC Academic fraud and terrorist apologist than I would be.
On second thought, burn in Gehenna with the Palestinian baby-killers you loved.

Edward Said's PC attack on Middle East studies (http://www.ivorytowers.org/pages/832320/index.htm), Orientalism, was one of the primary reasons for the blindness of the Academic and Political establishment to the threats of Islamism.
Of course, Said was not satisfied with cleansing Oriental Departments of all oppostion. He also was became head of the Modern Language Association, the Ingsoc of the academic world.

For more information on Said, see:
http://www.ccaa.4t.com/said2.htm
http://www.google.com/custom?q=Edward+Said&sa=Google+Search&cof=LW%3A283%3BL%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.frontpagemag.com%2Fimages%2Ffp_index_logo.gif%3BLH%3A91%3BAH%3Aleft%3BS%3Ahttp%3A%2F%2Fwww.frontpagemag.com%3BAWFID%3A9edb6131425a5b04%3B&domains=frontpagemag.com&sitesearch=frontpagemag.com

Also search Campus Watch
Martin Kramer's Website http://www.martinkramer.org/pages/899526/index.htm

[tubavil]

Should have happened 67 years ago.

[wardaddy]

Regnery

Damn...I had to look that up.

[sheik yerbouty]

"Khub in dred"

[Numbers Guy]

Cool. I had him in my dead pool. In fact, I was the only entrant who had him, so he's major bonus points.

[LibWhacker]

Finally! Interned (and, incidentally, interred) somewhere on the other side of the River Styx. For the duration. Should've happened a long time ago. Old Said won't be doing America any more harm.

[WOSG]

" Is Knopf the Regnery of the far left? "

hmmm, perhaps so...