It’s devastating that no one he’s speaking with seems to think Palestinians deserve sympathy. I am heartbroken that injustice can prevail throughout a man’s entire life.

I wonder if Dr. Said would have imagined that many years later young generations such as myself who’ve never heard of him would be looking up documentaries about Palestine. Rest in peace good doctor I’m sorry you never got to go back home

I had Dr Edward SAID as a professor at the College de France, in Paris. He was intelligent and lucid person. Listening to his lectures was one of my best enriching university days. RIP our beloved Professor.

This has me in tears. Imagine being so right in a time when no one agrees with you. The fact that he never loved to see the end of this madness is heartbreaking

The hardest part for Said in the interview was to provide insightful information because every time he said something he was always cut off…

Every time something happens in Palestine, I find myself returning to Edward Said to make sense of the madness of the world. If anyone believes the Palestinian issue is solely about Muslims and Islam, I insist diving into Edward Said's works. Especially for younger generations .

Every single one of them kept cutting him off, trying to twist his words and paint him a certain way but he kept his cool the whole time and was incredibly reasonable. I don't know how he did it, he was truly one of a kind.

Ireland stands with Palestine 🇮🇪🇵🇸🍀💚🙏

I hope Edward Said has a monastery dedicated to him. He’s more spirit of God and humanity than anyone I’ve studied. What an amazing creation which time has lost.

What a loss to the world to not have Dr. Said in our midst as a voice of integrity, intelligence, and compassion.

Edward Said was an educated, intelligent man who passed away much too soon.

I'll never stop speaking about Palestine, it's an obligation to stand with the oppressed.

How incredible charismatic he was. I mean, I knew he was a great mind, because of his writings, but he had such a big presence.

As a Palestinian, I am really ashamed that I never heard of professor Said before! It makes me so sad! I'll make sure that everyone I know hears about this great man!

Edward Said shaped my understanding of orientalism at university, and later on Palestine. I am so grateful interviews like this exist. rest in power

Watching him explain that story about the Palestinian man being interrogated as an attempt to relay something about his people's experience, then immediately get interrogated himself regarding terrorism was something else. Heartbreaking and tragic what has happened to the Palestinians, and how the west has let this happen.

I got in touch with "Orientalism" abt 10yrs ago in a class on postcolonialism and I'm so glad I did. Edward Said's work is so important and I wish it would be well known throughout different fields of studies

I felt Dr. Said is forced to apologize in every interview, while no one ever apologizes to him 😅 I don't know he had the patience to go on these conversations again and again

« You can grasp the fact of the holocaust, but you can’t translate that into your own doom » , such an elegant statement of an emotionally, socially, and politically complex state.

Overwhelmed by the courageous articulation of a great academic. His own determination to get back what was taken away can be seen in the grit with which the present generation is staving off another attempt to exile those who refused to leave this far. What a people, what raw courage these indomitable souls represent!

I never had the pleasure to meet this brilliant scholar and thinker in person. I read his book "Out Of Place" a few years ago, almost stumbled upon it by acciddent, but it very much moved me. Ever since this eye-opening read I gained a much better understanding and realization of the plight of the Palestinian people. If he were alive today, what would he say?

UKposts algorithm did good on this one :)

This was quite great to listen to. I had heard of E. Said before, and listened briefly, but this time...listened fully. We don't have these intelligent, thought-provoking voices anymore, certainly not in academia. Sorry that he isn't here for Palestine in 2023!

RIP Edward Said. He sparked my initial learning in Arabic, and I am still at it since the early years of 1980s. I got a copy of his Orientalism at the old Bookmarks, in Finsbury Park, London.

I’m a criminology student and first heard about Dr. Said when I had a course called Terrorism & Fundamentalism my second year. He cannot express how much he changed my whole worldview. I already knew that the west was extremely bias against the Middle East and was generally educated in the Palestine history, but reading his books and learning things through the orientalist perspective really opened my eyes to a whole new world. I can wholeheartedly say that since the day I first picked up one of his books will be one that I will never forget. This man had a way with words, his intellect remains unmatched still to this day. It is so sad that we lost him so early, I can’t even begin to image how different the would’ve might’ve looked, like today - how different, for the better, the Palestinian people’s lives could’ve been. He was such a prominent figure in the PLO, and such a big advocate for human rights and the Palestinians right to self governance. If only they would’ve heeded Saids warnings about the Oslo Accord. If only they would’ve listened to him.

As an Iranian, I like this visionary man , one of great honours of middle east ...😢😢😢

Rest in Peace Professor Said. Sadly the struggle still goes on with no victory in sight.

His passionate writing about music - in particular, glenn gould's expression of it - made a big impression on me. He employs the critical tools and analytic skills commensurate with his academic reputation, along with the musical intelligence and technique of a concert-level pianist. I am saddened to think that there will be no more illuminations coming from that mind, but i'm grateful for the ones that were given.

It's wonderful to hear his voice again. He was always so lucid, and truthful.

the fact that till this day a Palestinian refugee still can’t return to their country is unreal

Edward Said, your voice of wisdom is sadly missed in these trying times.

"...the tremendous sadness and uncertainty of what is to come." It comes. My education was lacking and youtube brings me Edward Said at the eleventh hour. Even years-old discourses by those who know are relevant right now. What a committed, brilliant and feeling man he was.

Professor Said is one of my favorite scholars and human beings. His work should be thaught all over the world for his kindness, knowledge and humanity.

A word the great Edward Said would have used today to describe smears and attacks against him would be "Cognitive dissonance' the idea you don't recognise your own crimes or behaviour while continually focusing on the other. Great man.

rewatching this in 2021, thing hasn't changed since 1986

I started reading Said’s work in the 90s . Crucial for understanding the complexities of this tragedy.

I don't think I'll ever understand how people can be so cruel.

the friggin patience of this guy, my god.

What a disaster and what an epic tragedy to have a people who have had to endure discrimination and pograms for hundreds/ thousands of years to have survived and to have created their own state ONLY to commit the same crimes against their neighbors as they strove for so long to escape

I loved reading Dr. Said’s book “Orientalism” in graduate school back in 2009. It truly is one of the prized possessions in my library. What an amazing video; I hope it inspires a new generation of people to raise awareness about the Palestinians’ apartheid experience, Inshallah (God willing). Free Palestine!

Thank you so much for this video as a Christian I was led to believe that Zionism represented Christianity…I’ve always wondered why were the Palestinians refusing to give up..I now understand the desperation not to leave home..God bless Palestine and her people❤

edward said is the foremost public intellectual of our recent history. everything i have achieved in my limited academic career so far has been built off of the awesome foundation he laid out all those years ago. rest in power

This documentary is truly heartbreaking and at the same time the perfect analogy of today's situation. It shows probably one of the most humane and committed intellectuals of the twentieth century being continuously scrutinized and questioned for advocating his right to exist. You can feel his loneliness. And yet he remains consistent, humane and serene. An absolute gentleman and my personal hero.

My grand mother, Leila Haddad, a proud Arab who moved to Brooklyn in the 1940s hosted Edward Said among other Arab intellectuals when I was growing up. People think I’m a crazy leftist for sympathizing with the Palestinians but don’t understand I have family, despite being Christian, who were displaced from their homeland in Haifa in the 1930s and forced to Lebanon and Syria

In the midst of all the confusion right now - Said's clarity and deep understanding of the complex issues is desperately needed. Chomsky and Said - if only people would take time out and spend some time listening to these scholars.

EDWARD SAID, truly a voice for those who have no voice!!!

What a treasure. Professor Said taught me so much with his writing but I've never actually watched any clips of him until now. I adore him even more so after watching this. Very insightful and important. Solidarity with Palestine from a diaspora Kurd.

I've done readings of Said's work in university classes before, typically from "Orientalism" or "Culture and Imperalism" but coming back to him after all these years to hear his lived experience and developed views on this ongoing conflict is really eye opening. From the river to the sea Palestine will be free

I took a whole college class on Orientalism, vis-à-vis Edward Said. I am happy to see Ed speaking for those in need

As of October 16, 2023, amidst the newly erupted Gaza War, this documentary is more eye-opening than most of anything else I have ever seen concerning the unbearable and unbelievable suffering of the Palestinian People. [writing from Germany]

How we miss you professor Said !!

Am glad that am an English student and I had a whole semester and subject on colonialism and through that I get to learn about this man .

This video is 35 years old. How tragic and miserable that Said's words are almost more relevant now than they were when he said them in 1988.

I really hope this message can be heard by more and more people around the world

Spectacular video R.I.P Edward Saeed 💐💐💐 His books are treasures, specially 'The Orientalism الاستشراق' Free Free Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Good day Sykes and thank you🌪

I'm a big admirer of Said's. Not just his academic work, but his musical work. His founding of the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with Daniel Barenboim was an interesting and necessary partnership which led in its own small way to the bettering of relationships between Jews and Arabs.

He and his family did NOT give up their home in Palestine; they were forced to leave it!

It's now 2023, 20 years since this Precious man left this world and the heartbreaking, deterioration today. How very sad

Such a pure, natural and truthful account - please everyone, send this video to your political representatives and repost everywhere to inform the ignorant of the Palestinian plight and epic injustice suffered. Repost repost!

Edward Said was an amazing man. I just found out about him tonight from this vid3. I have started watching videos about him. It is so sad that the same desperate situation the Palestinians are in today. I did not know about Palestinian sufferings till after October 7th 2023. after doing a lot research. I am praying that they get liberation soon.

Reading Edward Said for the first time and admiring his mastery, his skill, his immense scholarship.

I almost got to hear Dr Said speak back in graduate school. I was enrolled in an MFA program, and one evening our professor informed the class that Dr. Said was about to give a talk in half an hour. He offered us the choice of going to hear Dr. Said or holding class. I was in the minority as the majority of my classmates voted to hold class. The professor went back to discussing Tess of the D'Urbervilles, then when the students who voted to hold class chimed into the book discussion he exploded and called the students nitwits, intellectual midgets, and even accused these classmates of not reading the book. I had never seen any professor erupt in anger as I did that day. I think the thing that pissed him off was that he really wanted to hear Dr. Said, whom he informed us was very ill, and that it would likely be the last time any of us had to hear him. After our professor's outburst he stormed out of the classroom. I think he went to go and hear what he could of Dr. Said's talk. He wanted to cut the class short. He was a pompous ass. But I would rather have heard Said's talk than my professor's conniption fit.

Edward Said very much influenced the famous son of Israeli soldier, Miko Peled in changing his mind after being brought up under Zionist family background talking about Miko Peled of course. Said' concept of Orientalism is still taught in modern sociology and anthropology courses.

His experiences as an Arab in the U.S reminds me of my own personal experience.

My dad, Mazen Nicolas Manasseh, passed for the same passport event in Brazil. Being born in Haifa, 1940, when naturalized Brazilian, it took him 5 trips to Brasilia to correct the fact that he was not born in Israel. Erasing memories from the beginning. Have you all realized that the British press keeps calling "The Palestinian problem?"

The Palestinians are the American Indians and the Australian Aborigines of the modern era, as I listen to their cry for help and observe their status as refugees from their home land I am struck by the thought that this is exactly how the Indians and Aborigines must have felt all those years ago but without the aid of an international media to alert the world to their plight.

They didn’t “give up their home” they were expelled, as were 800 000 Palestinians in 1948.

Thanks to my undergrad Prof. Spanos for teaching an entire class on this man.

"You transform to same thing as you search for it" Rumi هر چه در جستن آنی آنی = رومی And you searched all your life for your homeland and now you have become the goal of your search "Palestine" , you have become a part of Palestine R.I.P. brother 1935 - 2003

What an incredibly gifted intellectual Said was. If he were still alive today, the world would be a better place. His insight on this issue in 1988 remains incredibly relevant today, and gives us many things to consider surrounding the conflict today.

People have been speaking and don’t know ANYTHING about the region. Thank you to this man for speaking the truth.

The recent atrocities in Gaza brought me to watch this documentary, I felt privileged listening to this eloquent and articulate man from my country Palestine 🇵🇸. One day Palestine will be free and I will go for a nice walk in my father’s village near Ashkelon ❤

Dr Edward Said: a truly noble soul, a man of deep humanity and intellectual grandeur. Remembered with the utmost reverence and respect by this Indian American writer here in Pune, India. Absolute solidarity with the Palestinian people.

A great intellectual and Crtic who left us all much too soon. He was and is a living Testament of those times. His loss is incalculable.

I lived in Beirut from 1971 till 1976. Was a witness but still learned heaps from Mr Said. Too young and naive. Went back for work in 1982 and was taken around the destroyed camps by a proud Christian colleague to show me the destruction. Still very naive but this time round was fearful. and devastated at the destruction of a city and country I loved. Thank you again for sharing this. Much older and wiser now. 😢😢

We need his voice now.

Outspoken star for lost humanity. Rest in peace, legend.

One of the best things i learned and loved in university is this guy's work on the idea of the oriental in west and Palestinian struggle . His theory makes u view racism in general in different way too. Lots of respect #Palestine

People really listened to him, he was the voice of calmer heads.

It's a wonderful documentary. Edward Said is so elequent in his expression. Apart from being Palestinian he is Christian. This has a lot to do with his vision and understanding of the Palestinian problem. A tragedy he died, before Palestinian freedom would ever come to pass.

Edward said" his books are diamond... I can't believe he is gone..... I read his work lockdown time..... not only Flastine ..he care about the 🌏...❤️

33:00 Oh my, they did a "Do you condemn ..." on Edward Said. It's a game as old as occupation...

A gem of a video in such trying times. Despite the melancholy after watching this, there is still a sense of hope.

We miss you, Professor Said...we miss you so much 😔

I’m of Jewish ancestry, but I have a deep respect for Dr. Said.

Amazing to watch the way he handled so many bad faith arguments from media figures. Remarkable composure.

Thank you for having put it online Mr Sykes.

This needs to be on American TV cuz its so relevant to what's going today in Gaza since October

Mr Said gives us a life lesson. May he stay in peace. God bless him.

A great man! I learned about him from jazz musician, Dave Douglas. He turned me on to Said's book, Representations of the Intellectual.

Edward Said is a laudable academics for his enduring integrity supporting Palestine cause.

Nothing has changed since! What a scary determination. Mr. Said is my enlightenment. What a precious human being!

Really his words and thoughts are still giving us more power

As a Moroccan, I've heard of professor Said in the late seventies .He was genius ,cultivated ,brave and committed to the Palestinian cause .,although he had a misunderstanding misunderstanding with Arafat as far as I could remember .

Sorry for the Palestinians and what they ve been going through this is unfair...😢

Thank you so much for posting this. It has been thrilling to watch this today.

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🇵🇸 Edward Said's Personal Journey - Edward Said's experiences as a Palestinian and Arab in the West. - Feeling criminalized and delinquent due to stereotypes. - Edward Said's background and academic career. 05:44 🌍 The Historical Background - The impact of the Zionist settlement in Palestine. - The Balfour Declaration and conflicting promises. - Edward Said's family's experiences during this time. 09:26 🛂 Identity and Passport Struggles - Challenges faced by Palestinian refugees and their identities. - The unique situation of Jerusalem. - The complexities of passports and birthplace. 15:45 📚 Edward Said's Scholarly Work - Edward Said's analysis of Western attitudes towards the Orient. - His critique of Orientalism and its impact. - The idea of the Orient in Western culture. 20:57 🇵🇸 The Impact of the 1967 War - The transformative effect of the 1967 war on Edward Said's identity. - The Arab-Israeli conflict's influence on his perspective. - The need to rethink his identity and life. 23:30 🇵🇸 Arab Identity and Zionism - Discussion on how Zionism conceives Arabs and Palestinians. - Instances of racial remarks and controversy. - The treatment of Jews from Arab countries in Israel. 24:55 🔍 Edward Said discusses the perception of England and the representation of politicians. - Edward Said reflects on generalizations about England. - He points out the influence of Arab-Israeli wars on the trend. - Mention of how Arab extremists have affected some with their brutality. 26:02 🇵🇸 Edward Said raises questions about immigration laws in Israel. - Edward Said discusses the Law of Return in Israel. - He points out the contrast between Jewish and Palestinian rights. - Mention of the historical context of the law. 27:22 😔 Edward Said highlights the difficulty for Palestinians to sympathize with the Holocaust. - Edward Said discusses the challenge of Palestinian sympathy for the Holocaust. - He talks about the atrocities Palestinians face under Israeli occupation. - Emphasizes the importance of understanding the force Palestinians are dealing with. 30:03 🤣 Humorous Palestinian radio skit about terrorism. - A humorous radio skit parodying terrorism. - The skit reflects the captured Palestinian's witty responses. - Satirical commentary on terrorism and terrorists. 34:16 🤨 Edward Said's view on terrorism and the Palestinian struggle. - Edward Said condemns terrorism and emphasizes his opposition to it. - He distinguishes between acts of terrorism and the broader Palestinian struggle. - Discusses the asymmetry in violence and suffering between Israelis and Palestinians. 37:25 😢 Edward Said reflects on the fall of Beirut and the Palestinian presence. - Edward Said discusses the significance of the fall of Beirut for Palestinians. - Reflects on the Palestinian presence in Beirut and the loss of a unique period. - Talks about the impact of the city's fall and the state of exile. 45:11 🚨 Report on the Palestinian refugee camp of Bourj al-Barajneh. - A report on the dire conditions in the Bourj al-Barajneh Palestinian refugee camp. - Describes the siege and daily challenges faced by Palestinian women and girls. - Highlights the historical context and significance of the camp. 46:52 🗣️ Edward Said discusses the challenges faced by Palestinians due to their existence. - Edward Said addresses the role of Palestinians in the region and their impact. - Talks about how the existence of Palestinians is perceived as a provocation. - Emphasizes that the mere identity of being Palestinian creates challenges. 48:14 🔥 Israeli actions and violence during the peace talks - Israeli forces attempt to quell Palestinian uprisings. - The aim was to maintain peace during peace talks, but the situation escalated. - Incidents of Israeli brutality and summary justice are reported. 50:08 🇵🇸 Palestinian resilience and heroism - Palestinians exhibit fearlessness in the face of Israeli forces. - Focus on Palestinians and their actions, making them less shadowy figures. - A sense of heroism and sacrifice among Palestinians. 51:19 ✈️ Impact of Israeli policy on Palestinian travels - Edward Said's decision not to travel to the Israeli-occupied West Bank. - The possibility of not being admitted to the airport due to Israeli restrictions. - The disappointment of not being able to show his family the places of his birth. 52:52 🏠 Connection to places of birth in Palestine - A distant and strange connection to the places of Edward Said's birth. - Mention of Nazareth and Jerusalem, his mother's and father's towns. - The unchanged nature of these places over time, connecting the past and present. Made with HARPA AI

Thanks for uploading this video. Edward Said, a brilliant scholar.

Absolutely fascinating and heartbreaking. What an articulate man.

“Gave up his home” you mean he was kicked out of his home and had to go to Egypt? Unbelievable