Edward Said Edward Said was a professor of literature at Columbia University, a public intellectual, and a founder of the academic field of postcolonial studies The current status of Jerusalem 16 May 2021, 18:00 PM This is an excerpt of the paper delivered by Edward Said, author of the famous book Orientalism, at a conference on Jerusalem held in London on 15-16 June, 1995. 16 May 2021, 18:00 PM