One has to note, however, that the analysis of only several texts out of the many that Edward Said has written will only give a reader a broad scope and a small glimpse of Said, who is described as someone who “transformed the West’s perception of the Israel-Arab conflict” (worldaffairsjournal.org). His writing is quite direct and lush with examples from the world of literature. The issues of the Middle East, exile, and imperialism that Said wrote about a couple to several decades ago are still quite relevant and pressing issues of the world today. One may wonder, then, why did Edward Said focus so much of his career on defending the lives of those who he believed were misrepresented and misinterpreted by the
One has to note, however, that the analysis of only several texts out of the many that Edward Said has written will only give a reader a broad scope and a small glimpse of Said, who is described as someone who “transformed the West’s perception of the Israel-Arab conflict” (worldaffairsjournal.org). His writing is quite direct and lush with examples from the world of literature. The issues of the Middle East, exile, and imperialism that Said wrote about a couple to several decades ago are still quite relevant and pressing issues of the world today. One may wonder, then, why did Edward Said focus so much of his career on defending the lives of those who he believed were misrepresented and misinterpreted by the