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The 35 pages that link to Edward Said, each with the reason it gives.

• OrientalismRelated: His account defines Orientalism as a knowledge system bound to imperial power.

• Postcolonial literatureRelated: His account of Orientalism explains how texts helped construct the colonial East.

• PostcolonialismRelated: His account of Orientalism became a foundational critique of imperial cultural authority.

• ExileRelated: His writing connected exile with divided identity and the intellectual's position between cultures.

• Frantz FanonRelated: Said’s analysis of representation extends debates about colonial power that Fanon helped shape.

• IslamophobiaRelated: His account of Orientalism offers a framework for examining representations of Muslims.

• NakbaRelated: His writing brought Palestinian displacement and national claims to international audiences.

• EurocentrismRelated: His critique made the politics of Europe-centered representation a major subject of debate.

• Oriental studiesRelated: His critique made the field’s power relations central to debates about its history.

• Palestinian nationalismRelated: Said brought Palestinian displacement and political claims to international intellectual debate.

• Area studiesRelated: His critique prompted sustained debate about knowledge, power, and regional scholarship.

• Comparative literatureRelated: His criticism helped redirect comparison toward colonial histories and unequal cultural exchange.

• OtheringRelated: Said showed how representations of cultural difference can reinforce political power.

• Daniel BarenboimRelated: Said cofounded the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra with Barenboim.

• Cultural essentialismRelated: His critique of Orientalism shows how representations can portray cultures as timeless and uniform.

• Colonial historiographyRelated: His account of Orientalism became a major tool for examining colonial scholarship's authority and categories.

• Mahmoud DarwishRelated: Said’s friendship with Darwish joined literary exchange to shared concern with Palestinian exile.

• Richard Francis BurtonRelated: Said's analysis shaped later criticism of European scholars and travelers such as Burton.

• Samuel P. HuntingtonCompared with: Said criticized civilizational framing for simplifying cultures and reinforcing political stereotypes.

• 1948 Palestinian exodusRelated: His writing connected displacement to Palestinian memory, cultural representation, and political claims.

• Clash of CivilizationsRelated: Said publicly criticized Huntington’s framework for treating civilizations as fixed, coherent blocs.

• Cultural criticismRelated: His analysis traces how cultural knowledge can serve colonial power.

• Islamic studiesRelated: His critique prompted lasting debate about power, scholarship, and the study of Islam.

• V. S. NaipaulCompared with: Said's framework challenges assumptions behind some of Naipaul's accounts of non-Western societies.

• Avi ShlaimRelated: Said’s criticism of Western accounts of the Middle East offers an intellectual point of comparison for Shlaim’s work.

• Bernard LewisCompared with: Said’s critique made Lewis a central example in debates over Orientalism.

• Lila Abu-LughodRelated: His account of representational power provides a framework relevant to her media criticism.

• Vasily BartoldCompared with: Said’s critique provides a later framework for examining the imperial context of Bartold’s scholarship.

• East Asian studiesRelated: His critique prompted scrutiny of inherited assumptions in scholarship on Asia.

• Lafcadio HearnCompared with: Said’s framework raises questions about the outsider’s authority that Hearn’s portrayals invite.

• Tayeb SalihRelated: Said's critique illuminates the representational power relations staged in Season of Migration to the North.

• Arab studiesRelated: His critique became a landmark reference for examining representations of Arabs and the region.

• Criticism of IslamBroader topic: His analysis became influential in debates over Western writing about Islam.

• Eastern worldRelated: His critique exposed how scholarly categories could serve imperial power.

• Robert FiskRelated: Said’s critique of Western power and representation echoed themes in Fisk’s journalism.