Edward Said highlighted &ldquo\;othering&r dquo\; in his work Orientalism\, recognizing it as the invention of differ ence used to separate a &ldquo\;dominant&rdquo\; group from the &ldquo\;in ferior&rdquo\; other. Understanding othering\, how we do it\, and how it i s done to us\, and disrupting it in ourselves and others continues to be t he work of our time. Reading Said&rsquo\;s autobiography for this month&rs quo\;s Diversity Dialogue is one of the ways we honor and appreciate Said& rsquo\;s contribution to global understanding and relationships.
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\nFrom one of the most important intellectuals of our time comes an extraordinary story of exile and a celebration of an irrecoverable past. A fatal medical diag nosis in 1991 convinced Edward Said that he should leave a record of where he was born and spent his childhood\, and so with this memoir he rediscov ers the lost Arab world of his early years in Palestine\, Lebanon\, and Eg ypt.
\nSaid writes with great passion and wit about his family and f riends from his birthplace in Jerusalem\, schools in Cairo\, and summers i n the mountains above Beirut\, to boarding school and college in the Unite d States\, revealing an unimaginable world of rich\, colorful characters a nd exotic eastern landscapes. Underscoring all is the confusion of identit y the young Said experienced as he came to terms with the dissonance of be ing an American citizen\, a Christian and a Palestinian\, and\, ultimately \, an outsider. Richly detailed\, moving\, and often profound\, \;"Out of Place" \;depicts a young man&rsquo\;s coming of age and the genesi s of a great modern thinker.
\n\;Edward W. Said \;was born in 1935 in Jerusalem\, raised in Jerusalem and Cairo\, and educated in the United States\, where he attended Princeton (B.A. 1957) and Harvard (M.A. 1960\; Ph.D. 1964). In 1963\, he began teaching at Columbia University\, where he was a University Professor of English and Comparative Literature. He died in 2003 in New York City.
\nHe is the author of twenty-two books which have been translated into 35 languages\, including "Orientalis m" (1978)\; "The Question of Palestine" (1979)\; "Covering Islam" (1980)\; "The World\, the Text\, and the Critic" (1983)\; "Culture and Imperialism " (1993)\; "Peace and Its Discontents: Essays on Palestine and the Middle East Peace Process" (1996)\; \;and \;"Out of Place": A Memoir \;(1999). Besides his academic work\, he wrote a twice-monthly column for& nbsp\;Al-Hayat \;and \;Al-Ahram\; was a regular contributor to new spapers in Europe\, Asia\, and the Middle East\; and was the music critic for \;The Nation.
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