Exiles often have conflicting feelings about their
adoptive society, and Edward Said was no exception.
As a Palestinian in the United States, he recognized the country’s pervasive racism and violence, but he also knew
its educational system made his career as a renowned and prosperous thinker possible.
His life was indeed filled with paradoxes and contradictions. He was one of the twentieth century’s most influential anti-colonial writers, who mostly
studied his colonizers’ literature; a proponent of Palestinian liberation who wrote in English and mostly for English-speaking audiences.
Few statements capture his embrace of such tensions more than his surprising claim in an interview with the Israeli newspaper
Fateful Triangle: The United States, Israel, and the Palestinians (South End Press Classics) by Chomsky, Noam at AbeBooks.co.uk - ISBN 10: 0896086011 - ISBN 13: 9780896086012 - South End Press - 1999 - Softcover
The Russian revolutionary Vladimir Lenin once said of history that there are decades that go by where nothing happens, and there are weeks where entire decades happen. In the past week, it seems as if the U.S. attitude towards Israel and.
Border dispute casts shadow over Chinaâs offers of Covid help for India
Analysis: some in China see Indiaâs crisis as a diplomatic opportunity but tensions from last summer remain high
Workers sort oxygen cylinders for hospitals at a facility on the outskirts of Amritsar, India. Photograph: Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images
Workers sort oxygen cylinders for hospitals at a facility on the outskirts of Amritsar, India. Photograph: Narinder Nanu/AFP/Getty Images
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As coronavirus rages across India, its neighbour China has made repeated offers of help. Some are asking whether this could be an occasion to ease the tense relations between the worldâs two most populous countries following last yearâs border skirmishes.
As coronavirus rages across India, its neighbour China has made repeated offers of help. Some are asking whether this could be an occasion to ease the tense relations between the world’s two most populous countries following last year’s border skirmishes. China’s foreign minister, Wang Yi, said this week that Beijing was “ready to provide support and assistance to the Indian people at any time according to the needs of India”. A spokesperson for.