[NuovoLaboratorio] FW: FPA Mourns the Loss of Edward W. Said

Author: Giovanna Caviglione
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appena ricevuto, giro questo mail della lista della Free Palestine Allianc=
e
che comunica la morte di Edward W. Said. se qualcuno lo desidera luned=EC pro=
x
ne far=F2 una traduzione.
saluti
giovanna caviglione

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Da: "Elias A. Rashmawi" <phase3@???>
Data: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 17:15:23 -0700
A: rashmawi@???
Oggetto: FPA Mourns the Loss of Edward W. Said

FPA Mourns the Loss of Edward W. Said
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The Free Palestine Alliance in the United States mourns the passing of one
of Palestine's beloved own, Professor Edward W. Said, and extends its
deepest condolences to the entire Palestinian and Arab people, the
international community, and to the Said family and friends for this
monumental loss.=20

As a Native Son, Professor Said has narrated and championed our collective
struggle as a people with a unique integrity and a deep passion. The legac=
y
of this Palestinian Arab fighter for justice transcends scholarly and
intellectual work, as he had positioned himself within the overall movement
for liberation that repeatedly challenges imperial and colonial domination.

Emerging from the discourse of internationalism, Edward Said leveraged,
challenged, and further developed works of such greats like Amilcar Cabral,
Frantz Fanon, and Ghassan Kanafani, and has exchanged discourse with modern
Arab political and intellectual leaders such as Mahdi Amel and Sadek Jalal
al-Athem. Said was a probing thinker who introduced a systematic critique
of "Orientalism", and a qualitative deconstruction of empire and cultural
imperialism. Said challenged the obsessive dehumanization by orientalists
and, recently, neo-orientalists of a fantasy "East" and a fabricated world
of exotic make-belief. He belonged to a school of thinker activists who
realized that the struggle for justice is also a battle of narratives, wher=
e
culture and resistance are inseparable.

For the Palestinian Intifada, he was a son belonging to non-other; never
losing sight that liberation is an imperative must. He stood clear on our
return to our homes, recognized the structural and fundamental fallacies of
the Oslo discourse, and never wavered in the struggle against Zionism and
bigotry. In belonging to our people=92s movement, Edward Said threw a stone
at the Israeli forces from the once-occupied southern Lebanon and supported
divestment as a means to ending Israeli Apartheid.

Edward Said engaged opinions and strategies that differed with his own with
grace and political maturity, and as he navigated the difficult path of the
Palestinian liberation movement over several decades, he held criticism and
self-evaluation as paramount - all while recognizing and respecting the
moral weight of the Children of the Stones and the yearning of the
dispossessed who remain exiled in camps 55 years later.

Having soared After the Last Sky, it is the likes of Palestine's Edward Sai=
d
that give hope to the future.

With gratitude to an undying champion, we stand in respect and pledge to
carry on.=20

The Free Palestine Alliance - USA

September 25, 2003=20

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appena ricevuto, giro questo mail  della lista della Free Palestine Al=
liance che comunica la morte di Edward W. Said. se qualcuno lo desidera lune=
d=EC prox ne far=F2 una traduzione. 
saluti 
giovanna caviglione 
 
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Da: "Elias A. Rashmawi" <phase3@???> 
Data: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 17:15:23 -0700 
A: rashmawi@??? 
Oggetto: FPA Mourns the Loss of Edward W. Said 
 
FPA Mourns the Loss of Edward W. Said 
   
 
The Free Palestine Alliance in the United States mourns the passing of one =
of Palestine's beloved own, Professor Edward W. Said, and extends its deepes=
t condolences to the entire Palestinian and Arab people, the international c=
ommunity, and to the Said family and friends for this monumental loss. 
 
 
 
As a Native Son, Professor Said has narrated and championed our collective =
struggle as a people with a unique integrity and a deep passion.  The l=
egacy of this Palestinian Arab fighter for justice transcends scholarly and =
intellectual work, as he had positioned himself within the overall movement =
for liberation that repeatedly challenges imperial and colonial domination. =
 
 
 
 
Emerging from the discourse of internationalism, Edward Said leveraged, cha=
llenged, and further developed works of such greats like Amilcar Cabral, Fra=
ntz Fanon, and Ghassan Kanafani, and has exchanged discourse with modern Ara=
b political and intellectual leaders such as Mahdi Amel and Sadek Jalal al-A=
them.  Said was a probing thinker who introduced a systematic critique =
of "Orientalism", and a qualitative deconstruction of empire and c=
ultural imperialism.  Said challenged the obsessive dehumanization by o=
rientalists and, recently, neo-orientalists of a fantasy "East" an=
d a fabricated world of exotic make-belief.  He belonged to a school of=
thinker activists who realized that the struggle for justice is also a batt=
le of narratives, where culture and resistance are inseparable. 
 
 
 
For the Palestinian Intifada, he was a son belonging to non-other; never lo=
sing sight that liberation is an imperative must.  He stood clear on ou=
r return to our homes, recognized the structural and fundamental fallacies o=
f the Oslo discourse, and never wavered in the struggle against Zionism and =
bigotry.  In belonging to our people=92s movement, Edward Said threw a st=
one at the Israeli forces from the once-occupied southern Lebanon and suppor=
ted divestment as a means to ending Israeli Apartheid.   
 
 
 
Edward Said engaged opinions and strategies that differed with his own with=
grace and political maturity, and as he navigated the difficult path of the=
Palestinian liberation movement over several decades, he held criticism and=
self-evaluation as paramount - all while recognizing and respecting the mor=
al weight of the Children of the Stones and the yearning of the dispossessed=
who remain exiled in camps 55 years later. 
 
 
 
Having soared After the Last Sky, it is the likes of Palestine's Edward Sai=
d that give hope to the future. 
 
 
 
With gratitude to an undying champion, we stand in respect and pledge to ca=
rry on. 
 
 
 
The Free Palestine Alliance - USA 
 
September 25, 2003 
 
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