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Events on Thursday 25 September 2003 1
1935 – 2003Edward Said (1935-2003)Died 25 September 2003, aged 67Edward Said was a literary scholar at Columbia University whose 1978 book 'Orientalism' reshaped the study of how the West depicts the East and helped found postcolonial studies. A Palestinian-American, he was also a leading advocate for Palestinian rights and an accomplished pianist.