Edward W Said
2) Orientalism
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
1994.
Language
English
Description
The noted critic and a Palestinian now teaching at Columbia University, examines the way in which the West observes the Arabs.
Author
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
"Told from the perspectives of three characters: a Joint Forces fighter; a distressed civil servant; and an amorphous figure, part fighter, part intellectual. Elias Khoury's language is poetic and piercing as he tells the story of Beirut, civil war, and fractured identity"--Page 4 of cover.
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
Français
Description
The film is considered one of the most influential political films in history, by Gillo Pontecorvo. Vividly re-creates a key year in the tumultuous Algerian struggle for independence from the occupying French in the 1950s. As violence escalates on both sides, children shoot soldiers at point-blank range, etc. Shot on the streets of Algiers in documentary style, the film is a case study in modern warfare, with its terrorist attacks and the brutal techniques...
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