Exploring Power Dynamics: Orientalism, Culture and Imperialism

 Rehan Baloch

Edward Said was born in 1935 and grew up in Cairo. He was an Arab Palestinian Christian. He was lonely and studious. That is why; he ended up reading many novels and listened to music from various podcasts and programs. Said’s ‘memoir out of place’ which was published in 1999, proves that Said was some sort of troublemaker and he was taken out from Victoria College in 1951 and sent to Manusccharets. The climate of America suited Edward and he began to get interested in music and started playing piano. He wanted to study music and secure a career in it; however, he changed his mind and started his career in Literature. He did his PhD on Joseph Conrad and started teaching Comparative Literature at Columbia University in America. In 1967, Arab-Israeli war broke out and Said’s career was deeply impacted by the war. Said began to have doubts on his paradox identity because he was born a Palestinian and then moved to America where his professional career was also built. The war of 1967 grew thick on Said and the fact that he is a Palestinian from childhood which was suppressed in his unconscious began to show itself in the writings of Said. This is best reflected in his book on Palestine, After the Last Sky, in which he says:

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