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Edward Wadie Said (Arabic: إدوارد وديع سعيد‎ Idwārd Wadīʿ Saʿīd; 1 November 1935 – 24 September 2003) was a professor of literature at Columbia University, a public intellectual, and a founder of the academic field of postcolonial studies. A Palestinian American born in Mandatory Palestine, he was a citizen of the United States by way of his father, a U.S. Army veteran.

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Born	Edward Wadie Said 1 November 1935 East Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine
Died	24 September 2003 (aged 67) New York City, New York, USA
Zodiac	Scorpio
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Mariam C. Said 1942- American writer and activist · m. 1970 info edit

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Rosemarie Said Zahlan · Sister · 1937-2006 · Historian edit info

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Mariam C. Said

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