Edward Said, critic, scholar, Palestinian advocate; at 67
By Mark Feeney, Globe Staff, 9/26/2003
Edward W. Said, the Columbia University literary scholar who was perhaps the foremost advocate of the Palestinian cause in the United States, died yesterday at a New York hospital. For more information... .....
I have been travelling over the last while. Was first at a conference at Notre Dame entitled Peacebuilding after Peace Accords. Thereafter took a short road trip from Chicago to Boston through the strange country of the US, via the Finger Lakes, Adirondack mountains and Vermont. As always it was full of surprises, very beautiful and a place one cannot simply put into a pigeon-hole. Constantly one runs into some of the nicest people on earth, which is always hard to reconcile given the countries foreign policy, but here is hoping for some changes in 2004....my brief sojourn tells me this is what most people want... .....
The Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission's report, finding that 69 280 people died at the hands of the armed forces and of the Shining Path group, has now been published. The New York Times report: Truth Commission Leaves Many Indians in Peru Unsatisfied. .....
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