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A 7 page research paper that looks at the work of Edward W. Said, specifically his book 'Orientalism,' as making Said representative as a spokesperson for Arab concerns. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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properly! Edward W. Said, an American-Palestinian professor of literature, has for the past quarter of a century been one of the
most influential voices in the Arab community in the United States. Since the publication of his groundbreaking work Orientalism, almost every commentary that is made with regard to art, literature,
film, music, or history that has anything to do with the Orient must as a matter of course contain some mention of Said and his work. It has also inspired
numerous other writers to follow in his footsteps and continue his attack on Western scholarship in the way that it relates toward Arab and Islamic culture (Prakash 199). Also,
the vehement way that Said has assaulted traditional Oriental scholarship has, likewise, inspired some heated rebuttals of his major points (Prakash 199). Nevertheless, what this debate demonstrates is that Said
has verbalized the feelings of many members of ethnic Arabs groups living in the West. Therefore, whether or not one agrees with Said, it cannot be ignored that the "story"
he tells represents the way that this particular ethnic group members see themselves and their relationship in juxtaposition to mainstream Western culture. Basically, the position of such Arab groups-who
turn to Said as their most articulate "voice" of their concerns-is that much of what the West believes relative to the Near and Middle East is quite simply-wrong. These groups
would have us see them in a way that more closely resembles how they see themselves, which is, of course, as people, who wish to live, love, and raise their
children within a traditional environment that emphasizes traditional morals. Said, who teaches comparative literature at Columbia University, argued in his book Orientalism that colonial rule was rationalized and that
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