Sister Jabou Joh and Bro Ams,

Edward Said's death is a truely sad, sad and untimely loss for all of us but especially for the Palestinians. At a time when Palestinians are undergoing so much assault on their lives as a direct result of U.S reaction, to have lost their most articulate voice is a severe blow indeed.

Edward Said has a large and strong readership and audience in Sweden. He was much loved and respected and his last visit here on a public lecture in the autumn of 2000 resulted in the press crucifying the organisers as hundreds of people could not get into the lecture hall. His book, The Text, the World and The Critic has become essential reading for literature students in many universities here, and he is constantly featured in the Swedish press.
Many of us have come to believe that Edward Said had one of the world's clearest minds. 
May his soul rest in perfect peace.

Momodou S Sidibeh


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Subject: Fwd: AMJ Mourns Passing of Prof. Edward Said


> AMJ Mourns Passing of Prof. Edward Said
> 
> (Washington, DC, 9/25/03)  American Muslims for Jerusalem today expressed its
> profound sadness at the death of Edward Said, one of the best known
> Palestinian intellectuals in the United States.  "Edward Said's loss will be felt by
> millions of people throughout the world.  And for Palestinians, whose tragedy
> and whose stories he so eloquently helped explain to the public, a tree has
> fallen.  The magnitude of this loss is profound.  But Edward Said's extensive
> writings and passionate spirit will live on as a powerful legacy and
> call to action for generations to come," said AMJ Executive Director
> Khalid Turaani.
> 
> Said was professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia
> University.  An internationally renowned writer and scholar and one of the leading
> intellectual figures of this era, his book "Orientalism" was widely credited with
> inventing the field of post-colonial studies in the humanities.
> 
> Among his many other books, many of which have been translated into a number
> of languages, are Orientalism, Culture and Imperialism, The Politics of
> Dispossession, Covering Islam, After the Last Sky, The Question of Palestine, The
> End of the Peace Process and Reflections on Exile. His memoir, Out of Place, won
> the New Yorker Book of the Year Award. The New York Times has called him "one
> of the most influential literary and cultural critics in the world."
> 
> Said's writings about the Middle East and its relationship with the West have
> gone far to open new roads in academia and to influence public opinion.
> 
> "Prof. Said's acute intelligence and passionate commitment to freedom and
> justice will be sorely missed.  AMJ extends its deepest sympathies and
> condolences to Edward Said's family, friends, and to the millions of people around the
> world whom Said has so profoundly touched with his writings and courage,"
> concluded Turaani.
> 
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