Said, Edward W. Orientalism. New York City, NY: Vintage Books, 1979. Early in the 2003 preface of Orientalism, author Edward W. Said states that if it were not for the Orientalist dogma as he describes in the pages that follow, “there would have been no war” in Iraq or Afghanistan.[1] This statement sets a tone […]

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