Palestinian American scholar Edward Said dedicated his life to advocating for Palestinians

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[@mujahid2128]

In my university in India, there is a seminar hall named after him. His contribution to the Palestinian cause is big. He was christian, and his contribution can not be forgotten. I was also surprised when I saw his name in my university. I did not know about him by then. I met many Palestinian during my work abroad. I found all of them exceptional and kind people. Love ❤️ all Palestinian. This darkness over Palestinian will diminish forever.

[@anshuecon]

Bhai tab ki Hindustan Falastin ki bahot achhi dost hua karti thi. Ab to khair bas tanashahi aur andhbhakti hum khud karte hain, tabhi Israel bhaati hai logon ko. Bahot dukh ki baat hai.

[@Nanw23]

It is all about getting funds !!! if funds are coming they will argue for rogues/ criminals and even terrorists, till death... arguing Terrorism is good for society. ..This person belong to such class. What did he do for peace ?...Nothing.

[@LanaKhader-ru5in]

The fact that he was 13 when the Nakba happened wow

[@divad1818]

Arabs attacked Israel in 1948, the Jews before 1948 and every single year until now. Thats why there has never been a country called Palestine. EVER. There was never a "nakba". EVER. Some people just love to abuse free speech and spread lies. Whats next? The events of October 7th never happened? Palistineans are always playing the victim after starting a war. Just like on Octoher 7th. You want war, you started a war then you fight full on. Ridiculous to start a war and cry genocide and nakba at the same time and beg Israel for more restraint and mercy.

[@israelnwanne8401]

It was a sad mistake to have allowed him to stay in the US.

[@straylight7116]

Why mf? You own usa? He can't talk what happened to his society? ​@@israelnwanne8401

[@Cnichal]

@@israelnwanne8401 it was a mistake to allow “Israel” to even come into existence.

[@kewaruchavendi4706]

Right he should have been at home in the state of Palestine and the Europeans that took his land should have stayed in Europe

[@april7455]

Edward is an idea and ideas don't die.

[@tarey05]

Finally, a nod to the great Edward Said!! He would be so proud of our current student protesters. ❤

[@TheArchitect101]

I miss him soo much! Humble human in vast sea of hate towards him! He handled every debate with respect and dignity! His book changed my view on media forever!

[@flaxenRdn]

What his book tittle?

[@JSlove-mj3uk]

Like any know 😅 ​@@flaxenRdn

[@ripsyoutube8977]

Orientalism by e.w Said

[@bayuprawitasari1894]

Prayers for his beautiful soul to be rewarded by Allah awj

[@Uncanny_Mountain]

Govt by People's Referenda: Peaceful Encampment of our Capitals until it's installed, or run Mascot Candidates Single Issue Referendums with thresholds and a social contract means Communities can vote their own laws. A Public Authority can audit police and prosecute bad cops in our own courts. Nationalise resources and give Indigenous peoples the right of Sovereignty over them as Guardians. This can be achieved through a General Strike or Velvet Revolution, much like the Occupy movement, peacefully occupying State Buildings until a People's Mandate can be implemented. With the appropriate checks and balances, you could have a national digital forum where qualified professionals can debate the issues in a public setting without all the disinformation and bad faith antics, hatespeech etc. Any vote would need to pass the 70% threshold, with a veto or _rewrite_ vote needing 30%. The issues would be debated, the public educated, and then a vote taken. Votes that fail will have to wait a year before trying again. Any new proposal (Citizen Initiated Referendum) would have to reach a threshold of support before it made it onto the register. This would be subject to a Social Contract (New Constitution) that forbids human rights abuses and discrimination. That can be written in the same manner based on the core principles we all share. Councils and Boards could operate in the same fashion at Scale. It works in a way that obligates people to better educate themselves ( that is to use logic and evidence in their reasoning ) for a better understanding of the issues, and then take collective responsibility for the outcomes. As opposed to the divisive US v them scapegoating and bi-partisan finger pointing the current Capitalist Pyramid Scheme runs on. Enough is enough We need Government by People's Referenda, either through Mascot Candidates or Peaceful Encampment of the Capitals until one is established. Make it an annual event on Oct 14

[@darinsingleton3553]

People of goodwill & an understanding of our shared humanity, will be the only true solution to the critical issues we face.

[@fatimaa.4613]

Said would have been soooo proud of the students today ❤❤❤❤

[@Notnoot2]

May he rest in peace 🇵🇸❤️ he was a brilliant man

[@victorverdi6919]

He asked to be buried in Lebanon, the closest land to his beloved Palestine.

[@AlemapSinned]

@@victorverdi6919my Lebanese grandmother said Lebanese and Palestinians are the same people.

[@Darkcap222]

@@AlemapSinned😮😮😢😢

[@victorverdi6919]

@@AlemapSinned Your grandmother is correct, both are part of Bilad Al-Sham. The current borders of Lebanon and Syria and Jordan and Palestine are all made by the French and the British after 1918 when the Ottomans were defeated in world war one.

[@simonsteen-andersen3181]

In solidarity

[@hishamshuair4286]

An English literature professor at Columbia, a Christian Palestinian who studied at Victoria College in Egypt after the Nakba and then went on to study in the U.S., his obra maestra was ‘Orientalism’.

[@N9TheNoob]

interesting...

[@mattnewhouse1781]

Oh wow, the nakba, bs propaganda. 600,000 arabs left the holy hand, 800,000 Jews were forced out of arab lands. Stop complaining.

[@bear3406]

Nice! I just purchased Orientalism.

[@liamevans1630]

I read Orientalism 20 years ago. It is a magnificent work, peeling back centuries of 'western' dehumanising of Arab, Asian, and North African societies.

[@JoseTurizo-xl2qn]

😮😊😅😅😂😂😂what you mean the ottomans didn’t do that or Romans

[@Waterhorse1]

Not just one of the great Palestinian scholars - one of the world's.

[@divad1818]

Somehow they didnt call themselves Palistineans until 20 years after the creation of modern day Israel..Scholars of what? Torture and falafel? Scholar of blaming Jews? It was "Palistineans" had many opportunities for land and blew it.

[@bluecoffee8414]

Said called out Noam Chomsky as a racist who treated Arab scholars as tokens and inferior.

[@jchung5265]

We’re all learning something about oppressed people , western media censorship failed 😊

[@NoOne-ev3jn]

@@bluecoffee8414so? Naom chomsky is a prophet or what?

[@CalamityJay-ez2mq]

​@@bluecoffee8414 oop someone disagreed with Noam better ignore everything they have to say You seem to not have noticed that Western Intellectuals often have an unconscious bias towards only acknowledging the works of other Western scholars and not bothering to engage with others

[@Masatepe1960]

VIVA LA RESISTENCIA...

[@basfinnis]

He was a lovely intelligent man. He's missed.

[@maximomorales9563]

"PALESTINE" WAS NEVER AN ACTUAL PLACE, IT WAS JUST A NICKNAME THE ROMAN EMPIRE GAVE ISRAEL OUT OF SPITE. NEVER AN ACTUAL COUNTRY. JUST ISRAEL. IT WAS ONLY TO OFFEND THE JEWS.

[@user-go9gn4pc9d]

What a LOVELY BRILLIANT man xx

[@foziamaxood]

Good words and good deeds never die.....he is best example of it.....always stand at right side of history no matter what

[@slim1one]

I wish he was still with us.

[@liamevans1630]

I agree. Multiple times over the past few months I have craved his analysis and thoughts.

[@thickymcghee7681]

Said's dreams will be accomplished thrpough his student's students. How poetic.

[@kamisahdaud3688]

Amazing that he had the foresight to initiate the divest movement…some things are meant to be fought no matter how long it takes!

[@l23918]

Great man, rip !❤❤

[@Henry-fg4wq]

Thank you students ❤

[@fahimasharifi786]

Rest in peace dear Sayed. May your legacy continue ❤

[@kifacorea]

Also wrote the seminal book, ORIENTALISM

[@littlestone1541]

An important read indeed

[@nedsantos1415]

Rest in love, light, and peace, Mr. Said. The fight for your people's freedom continues. Please watch over the students who are blazing a trail in our public consciousness in regard with the cause.

[@carlosacta8726]

Great words🙏🏼 Surely he is watching over them!

[@URshellabi250]

At least he did great work at his time may his deeds be acceptable by his creator. free 🇵🇸 free free from oppressors

[@zahrashaikh3131]

Where is Bisan from Gaza???? Is she alright??? I'm worried about her...May God save her from the Israel Military

[@patriciasoto944]

yes Im worried too - she is like family to all of us now!

[@agekko1066]

... we hope so too - she is a bright star among the rubble. Remarkable young Leader with a great future ahead of her ... just survive as best you can, Bisan - we are rooting for you !!!

[@YeshuaReigns4eva]

I worry more about what Hamas has done to her

[@saqibkhan2908]

Freedom to the truth, freedom to the free speech, freedom to the human dignity. Freedom to the Palestinians. Free free Palestine

[@RedOrm68]

With a 'free' Palestine its people's freedom of speech and civil rights (human dignity) will be determined by the faction that wins the civil war. That, or the country will be divided into sections with one of the factions in control. Probably not Fatah, though. And that is the most likely truth.

[@saqibkhan2908]

@@RedOrm68 first of all tell me what are you on my friend?? Civil war ?? Secondly I don’t know if you are intentionally manipulating and distorting the truth and reality or just naive to the facts ???

[@Kindred500]

​​@@RedOrm68sorry, your expressing to an antisemitic protester who is indoctrinated. They don't research anything they just spout whatever rhetoric they're told. They'll just tell you your full of lies and crap and then resort to calling you nazi zionist's whenever they lose the debate. Really gave our colleges a bad name and image.

[@AxeFallOnYou]

​@@saqibkhan2908.And What Is The Reality And The Facts?

[@saqibkhan2908]

@@AxeFallOnYou the one you don’t like to hear since it exposes your hypocrisy

[@sitisuhailaarahman6712]

knowing the real history is so rewarding and sets people free

[@codewalters]

Everybody says what they know is "Real" . That is the source of many problems

[@gavinyoung-philosophy]

Read Said’s magnus opus, Orientalism. An eye-opener and a staple in postcolonial studies.

[@zoo-xibbitjayne2081]

After 40 years they still have no grasp of the moral marrow of his argument.

[@josephcoon5809]

What? That Muslims should finish what Hitler started?

[@regtaylor1163]

There are jewish scholars, could debate his viewpoint.

[@KateBates22zabu]

They could debate but their arguments, based on lies, would fail. ❤from USA

[@zoo-xibbitjayne2081]

@@KateBates22zabu their own scripture convicts them.

[@muslimbrother63]

@@regtaylor1163 Debate what? He's stating facts. The people of Palestine were brutally occupied and displace so people from Europe can settle in their home. Very simple.

[@skzvt2986]

May his legacy continue to live on

[@human5707]

Thankyou student of Columbia!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@annarodriguez1581]

Learn the truth! Read the Balfour Declaration. You can blame England for the confusion! How convenient!! To the Arab occupiers!!!

[@germanyforall4156]

😢😢😢Free Palestine stop genocide.

[@pharm2211]

What genocide?

[@bpslick4565]

Of course you're German. They fought for your buddy in WWII.

[@NobodySpecsh]

​@@bpslick4565 how do you feel about Netanyahus neonazi friends?

[@earlriggs6965]

​@@NobodySpecshhow do you feel about your 9/11 buddies called Hamas.

[@NobodySpecsh]

@@earlriggs6965 you know, if you insist as zionists do that israelis are indigenous to the middle east, the idf is as much a... "9/11 buddy" as hamas.

[@AbdulWahid-ez4ng]

Very learned man. Allah SW bless his soul

[@annielamountain9454]

He was a good man.

[@actionjackson9385]

Who would you rather have as your neighbour Israel or Palestine? Give me Palestine every time.

[@adrianherrera559]

lmao let's ask Egypt

[@alank-dw9xk]

​@@adrianherrera559 Don't forget Jordan and Kuwait

[@argus406]

​@@alank-dw9xkwe would like to neighbor palestine, thank you very much

[@henrypierce8900]

​@@alank-dw9xkKuwait is just another british gerrymandered state!

[@austinrules9385]

Egyptian here, I'd rather neighbor Palestine, thank you ​@@adrianherrera559

[@ozifasco3191]

Sad.. how US and West stole Palestinian land and tortured them and put Israelis on that land for their own interest.

[@denniskamau6622]

@ozifasco3191 nothing is further from the truth. Jews were refugees escaping persecution in Europe. They didn't steal land, they bought it so much so that immigration quotas were put in place

[@extremebeastreaction6245]

Let me just ask a question. If the roles were reversed and Arabs used to live in Palestine before and then were assimilated, would you agree that it’s now Jews land and the Arabs are colonizing it because the Arabs were pushed away from their land.

[@connorcohen7258]

@@extremebeastreaction6245except that’s not what’s happening right now and that’s just a completely hypothetical question that isn’t even relevant

[@NobodySpecsh]

​​​@@extremebeastreaction6245in that unliekly and if fact *wrong* case, palestine would still belong to the people who *live* there, not just any jew on the planet who feels like joining a bibletimes LARP. Your hypothetical is as absurd as it is irrelevant.

[@Uncanny_Mountain]

​@@extremebeastreaction6245 Don't need hypotheticals Zionism is Pure EVIL

[@mrgoose717]

Love ya ❤ free Palestine 🇵🇸 supporting from Canada 🇨🇦

[@ilirllukaci5345]

His friendship with Daniel Barenboim was for me especially meaningful.

[@didmir6147]

Shame on Columbia for not divesting.

[@sazzadislam5783]

Rest in Peace

[@fizababy5692]

the people united will never be defeated. Stand with Palestine 🇵🇸✊🏻

[@herogebrial]

His legacy lives on. Free Palestine 🇵🇸 ✨️

[@KevinBrady-fy3cx]

My inspiration and mentor. Miss him greatly.

[@user-dm5ph5zh7l]

What a cleaver man R.I.P 😢😢❤❤

[@jewelssparks3648]

So he was alive when Palestine was still Palestine 🇵🇸. When the world map still called it Palestine 🇵🇸. 🇵🇸. And they want us to believe that it was always called Israhell.

[@one99bluemen]

Wow 😮 full circle ⭕️. I hope he can sees that his spirit lives on in those students ✊🏽💯

[@robertwilkes2105]

Free free Palestine 🇵🇸.

[@BitterSweetTrialsTribunals]

Thank You for this valuable info🙂🇵🇸❤️

[@sistersroomco2790]

Palestinian always teach us something... And for years they still did... Remind us how unjust and cruel the world are...

[@lanalee8634]

Especially cruel when the Palestinians invaded Lebanon and tried to ethnically cleansed the Christians or when they infiltrated Jordan and murdered their King. My fave cruel is their live for LGBTQ community....gay people are taught to fly by pushing them off rooftops without parachutes.

[@iqbaladil9230]

Thank u sir

[@psloboy7134]

May Alloh grant him jannah

[@user-kc9ju9jn8x]

What a brilliant man!

[@sandrabrown4790]

R.I.p 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿

[@belkiztukus6641]

Thank you said

[@mazenattar7854]

Edward Said will live forever in our hearts 💕

[@wiesaalabrahams7700]

May Allah have mercy in him. So courageous to soeak out against the Oppressors & Zios

[@hgeorges7849]

Hypocrite you call him and kouffar because he was christain

[@salmaniazi9424]

May his dream and efforts become true with hard work of brave students ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Kato_87]

May he rest in peace 🤲🏼

[@fadheelaal-mahroos4405]

Edward Said book: OUT of PLACE is a beautiful MEMOIR. Worth reading.

[@fatimabelal-rl7gs]

Great scholar !

[@ppetal1]

Much love to a true intellectual, Edward Said.

[@orhanozturk4094]

God bless him

[@salimaqil3491]

Thanks for the truth

[@TobaMansury-nh3gu]

Rest in power Mr. Said!✊❤️

[@henrikmichaelian4376]

Speaking truth to power. That is the central truth that can not be denied.

[@BENIHANI]

Great man and a scholar. He predicted all that is happening today and he was very critical of the peace process and the PLO. RIP professor!

[@slashsaussier]

RIP❤

[@nhm4013]

Inspiring students.. you’re doing what the generations in the middle are too scared to do

[@mahasabawipogorzelski4224]

الحمدالله والله يرحمه alhamdo elah

[@user-og5sk5jj9q]

🇵🇸💔🇵🇸💔🇵🇸💔🇵🇸💔🇵🇸💔🇵🇸

[@1972543]

I read prof saeed book …a masterpiece

[@proatgaming6531]

He was sn amazing scholar I studied his essays in college. 🇵🇰 ❤🇵🇸

[@srkkhan88444]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@kausamsalam8543]

“The University actually defended him.” Thanks for sharing this segment about his precious life and works.

[@dorislopesdulcefernandes5171]

Bravo, right side of history ❤❤❤❤❤ students

[@adilnnj]

May Allah help and protect Palestinians, Ameen Suma Ameen!

[@benjamin112]

Sometimes things just aren't that complicated. It's the politicians who make it so

[@wasswass7004]

Absolutely real recognise real and stand up for humanity.

[@user-pk8tf4zh2m]

❤️🕊️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🫡

[@shabirahmadshah8163]

A great writer

[@Sunnahiman]

From God we come to God, we all shall return. May Allah grant paradise for this good man.

[@saberaahsan3287]

Allport's scale of genocide. He was a Jewish psychologist in the 1950s who studied the Holocaust genocide occurs like this 1. anti-locution 2. avoidance second step including dehumanization 3. discrimination unfair treatment 4. physical attack which is what the mainstream doing now final step 5. elimination annihilation genocide. Press and western leadership rhetoric is part of the genocide. Society is made up of withdrawers, acquiescers or resistors. Press and certain leaders are championing genocide. The best thing we can do is work with the withdrawers to resist then we become more powerful and it's less likely that genocide can take place in the long term. So the real life examples in Palestine are the dehumanization, apartheid, the wall, children being imprisoned unjustly, bulldozing people's homes, olive groves, illegally building settlements, taking over people's homes and throwing them out and the violence in Gaza, destroying infrastructure, hospitals, universities, birth certificates historical proof of Palestinian heritage, sniper attacks, mass murder. In summary antilocution, avoidance, discrimination, physical attack, removal, annihilation = genocide

[@mariajoserodrigues4488]

That is the truth. Free Free Palestine

[@julioshs]

good!

[@happymusicschool-it1qc]

❤️🇵🇸❤️🇵🇸❤️🇵🇸❤️🇵🇸❤️🇵🇸❤️🇵🇸❤️

[@irfankhan-lw3rn]

Alhumdolillah

[@hocinelahlah5379]

WAS RIGHT TOTALLY AGREE

[@user-pk7kt4sr9n]

Absolutely true

[@ibkam7840]

The truth will always reveal itself

[@fadheelaal-mahroos4405]

Rest In Peace

[@Jayne-bk1qp]

❤BRAVO EDWARD SAID! A TRUTH ICON TO THE WORLD! CONGRATULATIONS TO THE STUDENTS WHO ARE PROTESTING FOWARD WITH THOSE TRUTHS FROM THIS DIVINE ANCESTOR! VIVA PALESTINE!

[@taysiraden4150]

Free Palestina

[@angeladipace1035]

My respect for Columbia students

[@govindaanand2284]

STAND UP FOR EDWARD.

[@zehnerevans7063]

I dont hold with many of his views, but he was a skilled writer, I'll give you that.

[@jerin7078]

I'm a fan of Said!

[@Eeclon]

The truth matters

[@khalidnasher2063]

May Allah bless him. Thanks to the students, Humanity is stil alive.

[@user-yh2hm8me6k]

“As simple as THAT” 😢

[@richardanthony9840]

He is and was the seed, to what we see in university today. 😢

[@heatheranddenerale]

He was heavily quoted in my Masters thesis.