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    Covering Islam

    How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World

    Author Edward W. Said
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    From the Iranian hostage crisis through the Gulf War and the bombing of the World Trade Center, the American news media have portrayed "Islam" as a monolithic entity, synonymous with terrorism and religious hysteria. In this classic work, now updated, the author of Culture and Imperialism reveals the hidden agendas and distortions of fact that underlie even the most "objective" coverage of the Islamic world.
    © Mariam C. Said
    Edward W. Said was born in 1935 in Jerusalem, raised in Jerusalem and Cairo, and educated in the United States, where he attended Princeton (B.A. 1957) and Harvard (M.A. 1960; Ph.D. 1964). In 1963, he began teaching at Columbia University, where he was University Professor of English and Comparative Literature. He died in 2003 in New York City.

    He is the author of twenty-two books which have been translated into 35 languages, including Orientalism (1978); The Question of Palestine (1979); Covering Islam (1980); The World, the Text, and the Critic (1983); Culture and Imperialism (1993); Peace and Its Discontents: Essays on Palestine and the Middle East Peace Process (1996); and Out of Place: A Memoir (1999). Besides his academic work, he wrote a twice-monthly column for Al-Hayat and Al-Ahram; was a regular contributor to newspapers in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East; and was the music critic for The Nation. View titles by Edward W. Said
    "No one stuyding the relations between the West and the decolonizing world can ignore Mr. Said's work." --The New York Times Book Review

    "Edward Said is a brilliant and unique amalgam of scholar, aesthete, and political activist. . . . He challenges and stimulates our thinking in every area." --Washington Post Book World

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    From the Iranian hostage crisis through the Gulf War and the bombing of the World Trade Center, the American news media have portrayed "Islam" as a monolithic entity, synonymous with terrorism and religious hysteria. In this classic work, now updated, the author of Culture and Imperialism reveals the hidden agendas and distortions of fact that underlie even the most "objective" coverage of the Islamic world.

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    © Mariam C. Said
    Edward W. Said was born in 1935 in Jerusalem, raised in Jerusalem and Cairo, and educated in the United States, where he attended Princeton (B.A. 1957) and Harvard (M.A. 1960; Ph.D. 1964). In 1963, he began teaching at Columbia University, where he was University Professor of English and Comparative Literature. He died in 2003 in New York City.

    He is the author of twenty-two books which have been translated into 35 languages, including Orientalism (1978); The Question of Palestine (1979); Covering Islam (1980); The World, the Text, and the Critic (1983); Culture and Imperialism (1993); Peace and Its Discontents: Essays on Palestine and the Middle East Peace Process (1996); and Out of Place: A Memoir (1999). Besides his academic work, he wrote a twice-monthly column for Al-Hayat and Al-Ahram; was a regular contributor to newspapers in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East; and was the music critic for The Nation. View titles by Edward W. Said

    Praise

    "No one stuyding the relations between the West and the decolonizing world can ignore Mr. Said's work." --The New York Times Book Review

    "Edward Said is a brilliant and unique amalgam of scholar, aesthete, and political activist. . . . He challenges and stimulates our thinking in every area." --Washington Post Book World

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    • Covering Islam
      Covering Islam
      How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World
      Edward W. Said
      9798217069934
      Audiobook Download
      Random House Audio
      Mar 04, 2025
    • Covering Islam
      Covering Islam
      How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World
      Edward W. Said
      9780679758907
      $18.00 US
      Paperback
      Vintage
      Mar 11, 1997
    • Covering Islam
      Covering Islam
      How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World
      Edward W. Said
      9798217069934
      Audiobook Download
      Random House Audio
      Mar 04, 2025
    • Covering Islam
      Covering Islam
      How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest of the World
      Edward W. Said
      9780679758907
      $18.00 US
      Paperback
      Vintage
      Mar 11, 1997

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