He Was a Top Voice on Palestinian Liberation. Filmgoers Are Listening.

New York Times - Oct 17, 2026

A new documentary on Edward Said, the Palestinian American literary critic and activist who taught for decades at Columbia, brought New Yorkers together in a fraught political moment.

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