Jerusalem? The Shadow of the West (Said)

Ibn Al-Buraq, April 24, 2014; BBC.com; Ashley Wells, Sheldon S. (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

I am king of the Jews, and I'm here to liberate this land from the Empire. I'm son of Zeus.

The Shadow of the West — a film by Edward Said

(Ibn Al-Buraq) Written by Edward Said.  Directed by Geoff Dunlop (1986).

Edward Wadie Said (\sigh-eed\), Nov. 11935–Sept. 24, 2003, was a Palestinian American academic, literary critic, and political activist. A professor of literature at Columbia University, he was among the founders of postcolonial studies. Born in Mandatory Palestine, he was a citizen of the United States by way of his father, a U.S. Army veteran.

• The IDF is still the most moral army on earth? We only kill to steal people's land, and we always "knock on the roof" before blowing up children or anyone else left inside after a 1 min warning, and the US says we can be just like them against the Indians

“In Search of Palestine - Edward Said’s Return Home” is a film presented by Edward Said, produced by the BBC in 1998. It captures the interconnection between Prof. Said’s personal recollection and the shared memory of the Palestinian people. The film discusses the Oslo accords, ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians, the expansion of illegal Israeli settlements [into the state of Palestine], Israel's growing apartheid system, racial and religious segregation within the Israeli state, and other aspects of occupation: In Search of Palestine - Edward Said’s Return Home (BBC) 1998 on Vimeo