Dreams of a Nation: On Palestinian Cinema

A lively celebration of the genius and power of Palestinian cinema.

Author: Hamid Dabashi
Publisher: Verso
Published: 09/17/2006
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.11lbs
Size: 7.66h x 7.58w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781844670888
ISBN10: 1844670880
BISAC Categories:
- Performing Arts | Film | History & Criticism

About the Author
Hamid Dabashi is the Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. He is the founder of Dreams of a Nation: A Palestinian Film Project, committed to the preservation and dissemination of Palestinian cinema. His Close Up: Iranian Cinema: Past, Present and Future is also published by Verso.

Edward W. Said (1935-2003) was University Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia. A member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Royal Society of Literature and of Kings College Cambridge, his celebrated works include Orientalism, The End of the Peace Process, Power, Politics and Culture, and the memoir Out of Place. He is also the editor, with Christopher Hitchens, of Blaming the Victims, published by Verso. New Left Review published an obituary in Nov-Dec 2003.