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“I don't remember when exactly I read my first comic book, but I do remember exactly how liberated and subversive I felt as a result.”

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Edward Said
Edward Said

Edward Said was a distinguished American academic, cultural critic, and public intellectual. He served as a professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University and is widely recognized for his seminal work 'Orientalism', which critically examines the West's depiction of the East. Born on November 1, 1935, in Jerusalem, he passed away on September 24, 2003. more

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