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Secular criticism meets the world David Damrosch is professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, New York, and former president of the American Comparative Literature Association. A colleague of Edward Said, he was invited to give the first Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture at the American University in Cairo in November, the text of which is reproduced below
Notes from a life of music As a young man growing up in Cairo in the 1950s, Edward Said showed enviable talent in many directions, not least in music, remembers Selim Sednaoui in an interview with Fayza Hassan and Nancy Roberts-Moneir
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