!!!! Orientalism wont just change the way you look at Western Society’s interpretation of eastern/middle-eastern culture, it will change the way you understand Western Society’s understanding of “The Other.” From that point Western relationships with post-colonial regions are much more easily understood.

Thanks @fuckyeahhistorycrushes for posting this. 

fuckyeahhistorycrushes:

Behold the sexiness of  the late Edward Said (1935-2003)! Sociologist, Palestinian rights activist, and post colonial theorist.

Born in a Jerusalem that was then part of the British Mandate of Palestine, he was born into a prosperous Palestinian-Christian family who owned property in Cairo and was therefore not as affected when Israel was created as a state under UN declaration in 1948 and the Arab League declared war. This disinheritance would later affect his theories on Orientalism in Post Colonial Political and Social Theory. During his lifetime, Robert Fisk would describe him as “the Palestinian’s most powerful political voice”.