Najla Said (born , Boston, Massachusetts, United States) is a
Palestinian-American author, actress, playwright, and activist.
Through her literary and academic work, Said has confronted racism,
stereotyping, social and economic inequality, and among others, the
specific challenges that face immigrant and second-generation
Americans.She grew up on the Upper West Side. She graduated from the
Chapin School and Princeton University and trained at The Shakespeare
Lab at the Public Theatre. Her father was the noted postcolonial
scholar and public intellectual Edward Said.In , she featured in a
one-woman Off Broadway play, Palestine.In , she discussed Arab
identity politics with Salon magazine and her approaching of the
subject in her book Looking for Palestine.
Palestinian-American author, actress, playwright, and activist.
Through her literary and academic work, Said has confronted racism,
stereotyping, social and economic inequality, and among others, the
specific challenges that face immigrant and second-generation
Americans.She grew up on the Upper West Side. She graduated from the
Chapin School and Princeton University and trained at The Shakespeare
Lab at the Public Theatre. Her father was the noted postcolonial
scholar and public intellectual Edward Said.In , she featured in a
one-woman Off Broadway play, Palestine.In , she discussed Arab
identity politics with Salon magazine and her approaching of the
subject in her book Looking for Palestine.
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