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In a public dialogue with Salman in London he [Edward Said] had once described the Palestinian plight as one where his p — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
Though he never actually joined it, he was close to some civilian elements of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
There came an awful day when I picked up the phone and knew at once, as one does with some old friends even before they — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
I take criticism so seriously as to believe that, even in the midst of a battle in which one is unmistakably on one side — Edward Said
Arab nationalism in its traditional form was the way in which secular Arab Christians like Edward had found and kept a p — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
In the same essay, Said (who is reviewing Peter Stansky and William Abrams, co-authors obsessed with the Blair/Orwell di — Christopher Hitchens
Edward had a personal horror of violence and never endorsed or excused it, though in a documentary he made about the con — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
Not long ago, having expressed some disagreements in print with an old comrade of long standing, I was sent a response t — Christopher Hitchens
It was at a conference in Cyprus in 1976, where the theme was the rights of small nations, that I first met Edward Said. — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir
Inevitably came the time when he angrily repudiated his former paladin Yasser Arafat. In fact, he described him to me as — Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir