São Paulo – Author, playwright and actress Najla Said (pictured), daughter of the Palestinian intellectual Edward Said, who died in 2003, will speak to the Brazilian audience on the life and work of her father on March 26 at 6 pm (BRT) at the invitation of the Middle East Study and Research Group (GEPOM). The online event is free, and registration is open. The talk will be moderated by GEPOM cofounder Monique Sochaczewski.
Najla will also discuss how Edward Said is present in her book Looking for Palestine – Growing Up in An Arab-American Family, published in 2013, where she discusses the challenges of negotiating her Arab identity and her experience as a second-generation immigrant in the United States.
Edward W. Said was born in Jerusalem, Palestine, and was a professor at Columbia University in New York. He was one of the most outstanding thinkers of the Arab world. One of his most relevant books is Orientalism.
“It’s an event that will involve not only the academic thinking of Edward Said, a key author in Cultural Studies, but the influence that a father can have on his daughter’s reflections on her status as an outsider,” GEPOM cofounder Muna Omran told ANBA.
The conversation will be conducted in English and there will be translation to Portuguese.
Quick facts
“The Life and Work of Edward Said”, with Najla Said
March 26, 6 pm (BRT)
Online event
Free
Registration open
Translated by Guilherme Miranda
