16 de Febrero 2004

Lo que dijo Said (Edward)

Este intelectual de pandereta y cazo era uno de mis favoritos para la sobremesa acalorada ... Sino fuera por lo dramático del asunto, por la realidad diaria de las víctimas,
este tipejo sencillamente hubiera sido un charlatan con ínfulas de historiador. En fin.

En "The Volokh Conspirancy" recogen fragmentos de una entrevista inolvidable ...

"Interviewer: Your books were banned in Arafat's realm. Is that still the case?
ES: It's difficult to know actually. You can buy them. They're available surreptitiously, and they circulate, because in an age of e-mail, photocopying, and faxes, nothing can really be banned...
Interviewer: What about in Israel"
ES: They're available.
Interviewer: And other Arab countries?
ES: It depends. I haven't done a survey....I know...that in some of the bigger Gulf countries, like Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, Culture and Imperialism is forbidden in Arabic. So it's a spotty picture. I think the same is true in Morocco and Tunisia. I don't know about Algeria. I don't think they're doing much importing of books right now."