Edward Said interviewed by Salman Rushdie

[@toosinbeymen6304]

"It's impossible to over estimate the influence of American ignorance on world affairs." Classic. And very insightful.

[@nissanownsyou]

Where is this quote? I didn't here it in the interview.

[@toosinbeymen6304]

Frank Summerlin Salman Rushdie said it at 15:46. However I did quote it incorrectly. Rather than "emphasis the affect", I changed it to "estimate the influence".

[@chitralekhabhattacharyya5227]

@@nissanownsyou .

[@RUKindinme]

@Leizel Rafanan Unlike the Spanish, who invaded Mexico with nothing but good intentions. Or the Turks, who colonized all of Arabia for centuries with peace, order and good government. History is not a buffet - you don’t just get to pick the parts you like and leave out the parts you don’t.

[@RUKindinme]

“Classic. And very insightful.” Really? Two intellectuals lamenting the ignorance of uncultured Americans is about as about as cliche as it gets. As I recall, it wasn’t American ignorance which forced Rushdie into hiding for a decade just a few years after this was recorded.

[@sputnik1315]

Edward Said was one of the greatest intellectuals of his time. RIP

[@grainnegowen5758]

Sputnik 1 yes most certainly

[@mbk4725]

@Blue Star Moi je préfère vivre clochard à Paris, que vivre dans un Kibboutz comme vous, ou porter un barda de 15 kg sur le dos comme une mûle.

[@mo3ad96]

@@mbk4725 moi je suis Amazigh de maroc et j'aime Palestine

[@PS-gd7ij]

@Blue Star Cleanse your mouth you evil zionist. Edward Said was a Palestinian champion.

[@warriorsrule9350]

@Blue Star Obviously you are a hateful racist man. Your words mean nothing.

[@o.constanti5700]

This is absolutely golden cultural and intellectual material. Thank you so much!

[@أحمدالصاعدي-ك3ل]

Edward said was a patriotic american,more than many americans which think that patriotism is carrying the flag and stickers.He always wanted america to be fair and do the right thing.

[@Basurto852]

It is an interesting perspective of Said, and your comment makes me remember something to similar to Socrates and Athena. Socrates unmasks and denounce the question of his city, because he loves his city and he wants the good for his polis

[@amerbishara5166]

His contribution from his American position was more effective for Arabs, Palestinians and oriental nations

[@warriorsrule9350]

@Blue Star This rabid dog called Blue Star is on every comment bad-mouthing Edward Said. It's like the man slept with his wife or something.

[@Avi-tc2ym]

it will only ever do the right-wing thing

[@NQaryouti]

The refusal to allow the Palestinians the right to represent themselves is the crucial issue here. I find Edward Said extremely adorable,...and well,....if he were still alive...I would try to reach him just to answer the question "Who represents the Palestinian People?"... *It is You* ,..exactly like every single Palestinian person, including myself.....we are very much made out of the same mould, we speak in a modest, emotional manner and yet we are intensely eccentric in our body language....awkward and vulnerable.... My favourite E.S quote from this vid: "There is a profound irreducible injustice on the one side (The Palestinian side) and for the need to get acknowledgment of that fact in some institutional way."

[@nailabavwani7251]

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[@haleyfadullan8905]

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[@phanx0m924]

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[@inventionunique3693]

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[@limoreperetzwoloshin8860]

He is also a very handsome man

[@khaliddurrani6432]

The whole Eastern world and the orientalists owe it so much to Edward said for confronting the demonization of orietnlism by the Judo-Christian world.

[@lilypad999-i9v]

Edward was an ethnic J3w

[@realolivertwisted]

There’s no such thing as Judeo-Christianity. That nonsensical term was created by Z!0n!$+$ to brainwash gullible Christians into subverting their own faith, culture & civilization - and it’s worked like a charm.

[@abyhjp666]

What a fascinating man. Salman Rushdie is to be commended as well for asking accurate nuanced questions

[@mohanbhardwaj7720]

agree

[@d34dmantwoguns]

Salman rushdi is a byproduct of the meritocracy and not really a person who analyzes the colonial effects and the prostitution of lives for Western ideals or the the submission to the Oblivion of the clergy.

[@elaovi]

Salman Rushdie should not be compared to Edward Said. It’s insulting to Edward Said

[@fahim-ev8qq]

@Evan Davis imagine saying this on a video of Edward said. It’s almost like you misunderstand the entire basis of what he’s saying.

[@tarekj5951]

@Evan Davis by writing a horribly written book with no historical proof ? Yes. There’s no proof that anything in the satanic verses is true. Imagine this. Now you think that my prophet wanted fame and to be some kind of leader or an iconic figure of some sort right ? I don’t think that but let’s say you thought that. Why would someone seeking to do those things butcher his message and say it was from Satan ? That wouldn’t be convincing to followers at all. And there’s simply no way Muhammad wouldn’t have recognized a different message. Also the only “evidence “ of satanic verses comes from a supposed Hadith and several hadiths are fabricated that’s why we don’t follow hadiths.There are false hadiths because there are some people who faked being Muslim to tarnish the religion. For example , two Arab Christian’s faked being Muslim so that they can attempt to steal the prophets body from his grave. Look I read Rushdies book from cover to cover. Nothing in it was true or had any evidence. If there was concrete evidence ,Islam would’ve lost many followers.

[@radomu1]

Fucking hell, this is the most interesting interview of an academic that I've ever seen in my entire life.

[@gabrielacarvalho4793]

This is on youtube? Priceless!

[@rodriguezdiazlaura]

Thank you very much. Great interview.

[@DABABYSEAL]

Sad watching this now after recent news. Get well soon Salman.

[@abeerkhatoon1971]

What an elegant intellectual you have been !

[@ThePoloFace]

what an excellent interview

[@sanjaytares9]

A fabulous interview

[@KabulTour]

We need more academic and intellectual people like Edward Said in Middle east

[@johnjosmith42]

This was fascinating ~ greatly appreciate you uploading this. thank you 👏 🇬🇧

[@yungjamir]

RIP Edward Said! 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@MrAnshulrai]

On point, always. Power to Rushdie

[@Frankie1992]

Thank you for uploading this! Great find !

[@marmotabobak]

thanks for this

[@graybow2255]

Such interview puts to shame today's interviews. RIP Said.

[@keyamajumdar4320]

Said brought about the lost prestige and eminence to the Orient, which got mutilated by the Colonial rulers.

[@gutwrenchingdeaths]

58:55 - 1:01:20 in 2023 is sobering to listen to

[@SajidKhan-dk6qt]

Ed Said,greatest of the great!

[@laylaali5977]

Rest In Peace Edward

[@thegreatest1176]

Edward Said, a formidable voice for Palestinian.

[@thomasmcenery5035]

edward said was a formidable intellectual. culture and imperialism is a book that taught me so much.

[@thomasmcenery5035]

+Blue Star ha, ha, ha..... things are as simple as you say they are..... yeah, right.

[@thegreatest1176]

@Blue Star Mr. Lewis is a propagandist for Eurocentric views who distorted the truth and hid his politics under the veneer of scholarship. That's the least of it.

[@thegreatest1176]

@Blue Star Yes, Only in the minds of imperialists and globalists.

[@EbrahimHasan]

@Blue Star Lewis was an intelligence officer during WWII, and remained so as a politician / academic

[@EbrahimHasan]

​@Blue Star ad hominem ad hominem ad hominem ad hominem

[@zakariazaki7513]

Great writer 👌

[@zahraaamer4634]

I don't think this interview has been, even REMOTELY, concerned about Islam or the Islamic world, I think this is more about the Palestinian people and Edward Said's experience as a Palestinian and his connection to Palestinians displaced from their land. I think this obsession with religion really has to stop. This interview is almost entirely a discussion of his book and the plight of the Palestinian people, who have been maltreated and misrepresented in the most heinous of ways, in coming to terms with their sense of identity. I do not understand when and where he has blamed the West, he has been utterly fair in his analysis of media and literature. However, it is true that western governments have created this orientalist dialogue to talk about the east and arabs. Have you seen this interview? Really?

[@lqacwaz470]

+Zahra Aamer The interview assumes you know late Said's position at that time... One is assumed to have read 'Orientalism' at least and understood what Ed really tries to say there (which he says! It does not have coded messagas a la - say - 'The Da Vinci Code' !!) I think that is *very* fair. I love books and interviews and speeches and lectures that don't insult the audience by talking *down* tp them.

[@phanx0m924]

If only THIS guy were the leader of the P.L.O.!!!!

[@samwise4589]

He would’ve been assasinated before he could do anything beneficial to the Palestinians. Israel is deranged and gave a clear goal. Make no mistake about it.

[@PxCncrd]

young #monahatoum & #hananalshaykh in the audience !

[@mazel_tov]

Great one..

[@lilypad999-i9v]

Edward the J3w!

[@فؤادالأحمد-ط9م]

مافي ترجمة بالعربي

[@twolegsnotail]

jonnsmirth180 has posted the exact same comment on other uploads of Edward Said. Hey John where did you read that comment anyway? The NY Times? Or perhaps The Washington Post? Have you ever even read anything by Edward Said?

[@johnjosmith42]

8:01 🤔 this is worth consideration

[@TheFrannz123]

What did Edward say?

[@SHOPAH0LIC]

10:18 Is that Mahmoud Darwish?

[@lqacwaz470]

+SHOPAH0LIC I think so!

[@mohammadshahade8753]

SHOPAH0LIC No.. he is not him.

[@bobmcgahey1280]

looks like him but no

[@hasanalam4582]

Who is the lady with the black hair and black blazer they keep showing on camera?

[@marwanbishtawi2476]

His wife, Mariam, I would imagine

[@sacredsoma]

wow this is amazing pre-fatwa Salman,....red shirt, jeans and trainers ...and that righteous tone you get from people who still believe in battling a "west"

[@66ott7]

Im curious. When did Rushdie sell out?

[@ragemsaid8697]

Chuck Steak good q!

[@rahulkemp8347]

@@ragemsaid8697 2029

[@petrichor100]

After Said’s death haha

[@neilb3332]

Sell out to what

[@lilypad999-i9v]

and he is not an Arab, duh

[@ahmed337799]

I think if Edward knew how wretched and opportunistic Salman Rushdie was he would have never agreed to make this interview.

[@Theshaikhuable]

ahmed galeb Yes, he addressed that in a dialogue with Akeel Bilgrami at Columbia. They talked in depth about Rushdie's change post 9/11.

[@bobmcgahey1280]

yes an d a mediocre novelist as well Le Carre was quite right about him

[@MIZORAM_mafaka_hnamte]

What year is this?

[@bittayyib]

1985,86

[@أحمدالصاعدي-ك3ل]

MIZORAM - Mafaka Hnamte 1986

[@flowerpower7819]

They the IDF have been raised heartlessly. They have no sense of humanity. Shame ... one day they will realise "what the hell was I doing??" ...but ...it will be too late, ..because .....the trauma they cause will become their own. They will see

[@mg7798]

RIP

[@abdellatifrayan6389]

Edward Said never seas from inspiring Palestinian and Arab nationalism ! may him RIP

[@alfredraslan2903]

🔆🇵🇸🔆🇵🇸

[@anuradhainamdar8967]

Eager to read Edward Said " Orientalism and Occidentalism

[@3ntra]

rip

[@RossAubrey]

The man who wrote the book admits to knowing barely anything about the experience of the “Oriental” Jew. Therein lies, I think, much of the legitimate criticism that can be brought against Said. He will acknowledge, in passing, the antisemitism of Europe, but was never able to acknowledge the antisemitism of the Middle East.

[@Rheum18]

Please educate us on the topic then... or provide some sources or links

[@neilb3332]

Yes, the man who wrote the book is indeed a man

[@s.hennigan5801]

Unmake the lie

[@fazalrahman4074]

Salman rushdie lanat

[@Amin1975-d5x]

salman rushdie..is a sick person

[@rachelladiary]

We are a "people" because of memory. Ho and we also eat zatar. This is a joke! You are arabs who originally from Jordan. Lebanon. Egypt. Israel was the land of the jews 1200 years before any arab or Muslim walked the face of the earth. When you tell lies again and again you start to believe them.

[@samwise4589]

The only lies are the ones coming from a Zionists mouth. Palestinians lived in that land alongside every citizen from empires that came and went. It isn’t yours you child.

[@rachelladiary]

@@samwise4589 yep. History and archaeology are lies. As I said: from Lebanon. Jordan. Egypt. Syria. And I'm a proud Zionist.

[@rachelladiary]

@@Ko0okieeZ Arabs can be Muslims or Christians. Do you realize?

[@harambesson1098]

Yes but Christianity originated in Palestine and there are no native Israelis who are Christian other than the Palestinian people. You need to reread Edward said bc you understood nothing from it. You’re a joke

[@rachelladiary]

@@Ko0okieeZ he represents Arab Muslims and Christians in his talk. That is why.

[@manivannanchokkalingam8251]

palestinians hussaini, sukeri, arafat didn't settle with the israelis when offered 90%, 50%, 49%, lost the three wars

[@memccrory]

Mr. Said chose to live in NYC where he could enjoy all the finest of American culture and freedoms, but rarely visited his hometown of Palestine, the country he claimed to love and represent. I didn't hear him say a single positive thing about the country that gave him refuge, instead he exploited his freedom to denounce Americans. Shame!

[@أحمدالصاعدي-ك3ل]

Silver Lining edward said is a patriotic american probably more than many americans which think that patriotism is carrying the flag and stickers.he wanted america to do the right thing.

[@scientificatheist9381]

Why don't Europeans praise native Americans lol

[@elvansavkli3806]

thast nit true. where he denounces america. he says he lives in new york. he sees himself as newyorker. if you speak new yorkers , they sound similar actually. they thnkthat there is only new york nothing else.

[@toastofallnations]

Are you Donald Trump’s sister?

[@stephanielynn608]

Quite a keen observation of the utter hypocrisy and deception inherent to these people. Reminds me of a certain young congresswoman from Minnesota's 5th district.