From Oslo to Iraq and the Road Map

From Oslo to Iraq and the Road MapBy: Edward W. Said In his final book, completed just before his death, Edward W. Said offers impassioned pleas for the beleaguered Palestinian cause. These searing essays refract the reality of terrible years through a mind with extraordinary understanding, compassion, insight, and deep knowledge. Noam Chomsky These essays, which originally appeared in Cairos Al Ahram Weekly, Londons Al Hayat, and the London Review of Books, take us from the Oslo

By: Edward W. Said     

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In his final book, completed just before his death, Edward W. Said offers impassioned pleas for the beleaguered Palestinian cause.

“These searing essays refract the reality of terrible years through a mind with extraordinary understanding, compassion, insight, and deep knowledge.” —Noam Chomsky

These essays, which originally appeared in Cairo’s Al-Ahram Weekly, London’s Al-Hayat, and the London Review of Books, take us from the Oslo Accords through the U.S. led invasion of Iraq, and present information and perspectives too rarely visible in America.

Said is unyielding in his call for truth and justice. He insists on truth about Israel's role as occupier and its treatment of the Palestinians. He pleads for new avenues of communication between progressive elements in Israel and Palestine. And he is equally forceful in his condemnation of Arab failures and the need for real leadership in the Arab world.