The Pen and the Sword: Conversations with David Barsamian

Edward W. Said, noted author, professor of Comparative Literature at Columbia University, and a Palestinian Christian raised in Jerusalem, is interviewed here on a range of from V.S. Naipaul's and Joseph Conrad's depictions of colonialism and empire in their novels; to the links between the Palestinian and South African struggles; to questions about the effectiveness of Yasser Arafat's leadership.