In marking the first anniversary of the late Prof Edward W. Said, this event is designed to cover disciplines and thematic areas where the life and work of Edward Said have and continue to be of profound importance.

The Conference consist of four sessions; postcolonial studies, media studies, literature and literary criticism and Palestine, politics and history.

Conference opening:  Mariam C. Said

Speakers Include: Stuart Hall, Benita Parry, Tom Paulin, Alexander Cockburn, Prof Ella Shohat, Ferial Ghazoul, Joseph Massad, Timothy Brennan, Neil Lazarus, Graham Usher, Nadia Abu El-Haj

Concert Union Chapel 19.45:

Details: www.palestinesociety.org/said

An Evening of traditional and contemporary Palestinian music/poetry:
Marwan Abado (Oud)
Imad Mukari (Instrumental: Yarghoul, Ney, Shibbabah and Ghirba with Tabla Drums)
Shab Abed (Guitar)
Ehab Bessaiso (Poetry)

For info and bookings: www.palestinesociety.org/said

SOAS Palestine Society
Thornhaugh Street
Russell Square, London
London WC1H 0XG
Phone: 0207 898 4340

SAQI Books
www.saqibooks.com/

A SAQI MUST-READ: Jean Said Makdisi's long-awaited memoir Teta, Mother and Me (www.saqibooks.com/ItemsStore.asp?sku=0863568912) – a remarkable tale of three generations of women in the Said family, from Ottoman Syria to Palestine to present-day Beirut

Kegan Paul and The Middle East
Please visit our web site:  www.keganpaul.com/

Kegan Paul is well-versed in the subject of the Middle East as we originally published in the UK the pioneering studies by Edward Said: Orientalism and A Question of Palestine. Kegan Paul's publishing on the Middle East began in the 1870s.  Within this tradition, through series such as the Arabia Library, Kegan Paul publishes both new and old landmark works written on Arabia and the Middle East. (Click here for details www.keganpaul.com/)
Kegan Paul: Publishing the World

The final book by Edward W. Said
Humanism and Democratic Criticism
£10.99 1-4039-4710-4
Said argues that a more democratic form of humanism is still possible.
Order your copy from www.palgrave.com