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Obituary


Edward Said (1935-2003)


by Anat Biletzki



Edward Said was born in 1935 and died an untimely and early death on September 25th 2003, at the age
of 67, having battled leukemia for over ten years. His public persona rivalled the scholarly one, so
it is no surprise that the facts of his rich biography and several items in his remarkable oeuvre are
so well known. The highlights constantly received extended coverage: he was born in Palestine, spent
his life in the U.S., graduated from Princeton and Harvard, taught at Columbia, and was a champion – perhaps the champion – of
the Palestinian struggle for freedom.


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