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Covering Islam is a 1981 book by Palestinian author Edward Said, in which he discusses how the Western media distorts the image of Islam.
- Edward W. Said
- 1981
Mar 11, 1997 · Combining political commentary with literary criticism, Covering Islam continues Edward Said's lifelong investigation of the ways in which language not only describes but also defines political reality.
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- Edward W. Said
- $10.69
- Vintage
Mar 11, 1997 · Covering Islam by Edward Said is an enlightening critique of the Western media’s portrayal of Islam. Said brilliantly unpacks the concept of ‘Orientalism’ and how it leads to a distorted and oversimplified view of the Islamic world.
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- Paperback
May 7, 2012 · Covering Islam. by. Edward W. Said. Publication date. 1997. Topics. Islam -- Public opinion, Public opinion -- United States, Public opinion -- Europe. Publisher. Vintage Books.
Gregorio Bettiza. This article compares American and European policy discourses and practices towards 'Islam' as a religion and the 'Muslim world' as a specific religious-defined category of countries and peoples in world politics.
- Fareed Khan
Jun 15, 1982 · Edmund Ghareeb, Covering Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How we See the Rest of the World, by Edward W. Said, Political Science Quarterly, Volume 97, Issue 2, Summer 1982, Pages 358–359, https://doi.org/10.2307/2149512
At the same time, Islamic countries use Islam to justify unrepresentative and often oppressive regimes. In this landmark work, for which he has written a new introduction, one of our foremost public thinkers examines the origins and repercussions of the media's monolithic images of Islam.
- Edward W Said
