{"id":7379,"date":"1979-12-06T04:01:54","date_gmt":"1979-12-06T02:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/?p=7379"},"modified":"2025-03-12T22:33:01","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T20:33:01","slug":"the-question-of-palestine-by-edward-said-recommended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/1979\/12\/the-question-of-palestine-by-edward-said-recommended\/","title":{"rendered":"“The Question of Palestine” by Edward Said [Recommended]"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\u201cBooks such as Mr. Said\u2019s need to be written and read in the hope that understanding will provide a better chance of survival.\u201d <\/p>\u2014The New York Times Book Review<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

\"The<\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Publisher's description<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This original and deeply provocative book was the first to make Palestine the subject of a serious debate\u2013one that remains as critical as ever.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the rigorous scholarship he brought to his influential Orientalism <\/em>and an exile\u2019s passion (he is Palestinian by birth), Edward W. Said traces the fatal collision between two peoples in the Middle East and its repercussions in the lives of both the occupier and the occupied\u2013as well as in the conscience of the West. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has updated this landmark work to portray the changed status of Palestine and its people in light of such developments as the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the intifada, <\/em>the Gulf War, and the ongoing MIddle East peace initiative. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

For anyone interested in this region and its future, The Question of Palestine <\/em>remains the most useful and authoritative account available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cA compelling call for identity and justice.\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\u2014Anthony Lewis<\/strong><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Eearn more about and purchase the book at https:\/\/www.penguinrandomhouse.com\/books\/159795\/the-question-of-palestine-by-edward-w-said\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This original and deeply provocative book was the first to make Palestine the subject of a serious debate\u2013one that remains as critical as ever. With the rigorous scholarship he brought to his influential Orientalism and an exile\u2019s passion (he is Palestinian by birth), Edward W. Said traces the fatal collision between two peoples in the Middle East and its repercussions in the lives of both the occupier and the occupied\u2013as well as in the conscience of the West. (Publisher’s description)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1841,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[948],"tags":[1089,1453],"ppma_author":[936],"class_list":["post-7379","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","tag-edward-said","tag-the-question-of-palestine-book"],"authors":[{"term_id":936,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"sambahour","display_name":"Sam Bahour","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bca109c333bf6d8ae807746dd512adde46265d37c923f6cd0fc4aab437f8e9aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"1","first_name":"Sam","last_name":"Bahour","user_url":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour","job_title":"","description":"

Sam Bahour<\/strong> is a Palestinian-American business consultant, writer, and commentator based in Al-Bireh\/Ramallah, Palestine. He is the principal of Applied Information Management (AIM)<\/a>, a consultancy specializing in business development and startup advisory services.<\/p>\r\n

Bahour played a foundational role in establishing two of Palestine\u2019s publicly traded companies: the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PALTEL) and the Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers (APSC). He co-founded Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy (A4VPE), of which he is now an emeritus member, and served as an independent director on the board of Arab Islamic Bank P.L.C. from 2004 to 2025. He currently serves on the board of Just Vision<\/a> and The Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS)<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n

He frequently gives talks to delegations visiting Palestine on the subjects of Palestine\u2019s political economy, Palestinian Politics 101, and a general orientation to the state of affairs under Israeli military occupation.<\/p>\r\n

A prolific writer on Palestinian affairs, Bahour has been published in major international outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian, Haaretz, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera America, Le Monde diplomatique, Al-Monitor, +972 Magazine, The Hill, and Arab News. He has appeared as a commentator on NPR, CNN, BBC, and other broadcast media.<\/p>\r\n

Bahour is the co-editor of Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians<\/a><\/em> (Olive Branch Press, 1993) and was profiled in the bestselling anthology Kingdom of Olives and Ash<\/a><\/em>, edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, in a chapter authored by Chabon titled \u201cThe Tallest Man in Ramallah<\/a>.\u201d He holds an Associate\u2019s and Bachelor\u2019s degree in Computer Technology from Youngstown State University, and a Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA \u2014 a joint program of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Recanati Business School at Tel Aviv University.<\/p>\r\n

He tweets at @SamBahour<\/a>, blogs at www.epalestine.ps<\/a>, and may be reached at sbahour[AT]gmail[DOT]com.<\/p>"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7379","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7379"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7379\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7544,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7379\/revisions\/7544"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7379"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7379"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7379"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=7379"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}