Episode

E14 - (Shadow of) The Shadow of the West

Podcast: MEMORY FOR DENIAL
Published: Jun 26, 2025
Duration seconds: 2943
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In this episode we present the soundtrack of Edward Said's 1983 film project Shadow of the West (directed by Geoff Dunlop), in which he draws connections between the oppression and violent displacement of Palestinians and the colonialist West's orientalist dream of controlling the Arab world. A full transcript, with English translations of interviews in Arabic, can be downloaded here :