I am edward said, i was born in 1935 into a Christian Family in this house, my father was a. Successful merchant who imported stationary from egypt, not only the eldest, but he was also the only boy in the family, so i think we thought of him, his sisters a bit as, he was getting a good deal, as they say, i was 10 or 11 years old when i little by little realized the presence of jewish immigrants in the city, our city was experiencing a chaotic. Situation in those days, our house was not far from King David Hotel, so i was terrified when that King David Hotel boming happened. Jewish terrorists bombed the King David Hotel in 1946, the wreckage could be seen from our house. I recall the rising sense of danger, british soldiers on the alert and news of impending war between palestinians and jewish forces. A year later, we went to cairo with all our relatives and family members. Because the situation became too difficult, that was a oneway trip with no return date. Most of my family left je
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The stage author of the definitive study on soviet russian famine of 1921 to 23, the big show on the American Relief expedition to soviet russia in the famine of 1921. He also curated two exhibitions dealing with the famine. The 1922 show here entitled deliverance america and the famine in soviet. Russia 1921 to 23, and at the Hoover Institution that just closed this year, bread plus medicine american famine relief and soviet russia,. 1921 to 23. The informative exhibit catalog for the later exhibition is available through the Hoover Institution press. And i would encourage all of you to go online and get a copy. Youll never think of Cod Liver Oil the same way hes a lecturer in history and International Relations at stanford university, a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution. And your moderator, please welcome her partner. So you tom, for a very generous thanks for putting together this panel, which as youre about to see. Its very interesting and thanks to you for inviting me to p