@conflict.echoes: “the curious thing about the Palestinian experience…is that it wasn't that we were exploited, it was that we were excluded.” Edward Said, a renowned literary critic and advocate for Palestinian rights, discussed themes of Palestinian identity, exile, and the right to return with Salman Rushdie in 1986 at the ICA. This conversation occurred during the launch of Said's book "After the Last Sky: Palestinian Lives" and tackled issues that became central in the First Intifada the following year. In the interview, Said responds to a question about the impact intellectuals can have on political realities. He criticizes approaches that oversimplify the Palestinian conflict as merely an inevitable tragedy or a clash of two rights, emphasizing instead the deep-seated injustices towards the Palestinains that must be addressed for a meaningful resolution. * * * #EdwardSaid #LiteraryCriticism #IntellectualDebate #CulturalIdentity #history #conflict #peace #humanrights

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