An interview with Najla Said, daughter of the late academic/Palestinian activist Edward Said and subject of new doc “Edward Said: Between Worlds.”

“We’d always wanted something like this,” asserts Najla Said. Najla is the daughter and eldest child of the late scholar, intellectual and activist Edward Said, whose 1978 book “Orientalism” — examining the Western world’s skewed perception of the East — is considered a canonical work in the area of post-colonial studies. Born in Palestine and educated in America, Said taught comparative literature at Columbia University from 1963 to 2003, served on the Palestinian National Council and was the most prominent advocate in the U.S.

“We’d always wanted something like this,” asserts Najla Said. Najla is the daughter and eldest child of the late scholar, intellectual and activist Edward Said, whose 1978 book “Orientalism” — examining the Western world’s skewed perception of the East — is considered a canonical work in the area of post-colonial studies. Born in Palestine and educated in America, Said taught comparative literature at Columbia University from 1963 to 2003, served on the Palestinian National Council and was the most prominent advocate in the U.S.

“We’d always wanted something like this,” asserts Najla Said. Najla is the daughter and eldest child of the late scholar, intellectual and activist Edward Said, whose 1978 book “Orientalism” — examining the Western world’s skewed perception of the East — is considered a canonical work in the area of post-colonial studies. Born in Palestine and educated in America, Said taught comparative literature at Columbia University from 1963 to 2003, served on the Palestinian National Council and was the most prominent advocate in the U.S.

“We’d always wanted something like this,” asserts Najla Said. Najla is the daughter and eldest child of the late scholar, intellectual and activist Edward Said, whose 1978 book “Orientalism” — examining the Western world’s skewed perception of the East — is considered a canonical work in the area of post-colonial studies. Born in Palestine and educated in America, Said taught comparative literature at Columbia University from 1963 to 2003, served on the Palestinian National Council and was the most prominent advocate in the U.S.

“We’d always wanted something like this,” asserts Najla Said. Najla is the daughter and eldest child of the late scholar, intellectual and activist Edward Said, whose 1978 book “Orientalism” — examining the Western world’s skewed perception of the East — is considered a canonical work in the area of post-colonial studies. Born in Palestine and educated in America, Said taught comparative literature at Columbia University from 1963 to 2003, served on the Palestinian National Council and was the most prominent advocate in the U.S.

Najla Mohamed Lamin habla en el Zurich Film Festival sobre autodeterminación, responsabilidad europea y resistencia saharaui.

Najla Mohamed Lamin habla en el Zurich Film Festival sobre autodeterminación, responsabilidad europea y resistencia saharaui.

El Zurich Film Festival entrevistó a la activista saharaui Najla Mohamed Lamin y al director Patrick Wally sobre su documental "My Home of Wind and Sand", que retrata la lucha por la libertad del Sáhara Occidental y la búsqueda de un referéndum justo.

Greta Thunberg surprises the audience at Zurich Film Festival, talks occupied Western Sahara at the screening of doc 'My Home of Wind and Sand.'

Fatima Zahra El Mansouri has been named as Morocco’s first female prime minister just days after her Authenticity and Modernity Party won the most seats in the parliamentary elections. El Mansouri is now only the second woman to lead a government in the Arab world, behind Tunisia’s Najla Bouden. She was chosen to become prime minister by King Mohammed VI and will now need to negotiate with other parties to form a coalition government. Moroccan law gives the king the power to appoint the prime minister; however, he must choose from the party that wins the most seats in an election. El Mansouri was chosen over Fouzi Lekjaa, another top politician from the same party. El Mansouri, 50, has served as Mayor of Marrakesh twice and was a minister in the previous government, responsible for national planning, urban development, and housing policy. She trained as a lawyer before entering politics in 2008 and is now one of the country’s best-known female politicians. El Mansouri’s Authenticity and Modernity Party secured 97 of the 395 seats in last week’s parliamentary elections. It has expressed a willingness to work with all parties to form a government. The Islamist Justice and Development Party and the Federation of Democratic Left have said they will remain in the opposition. She became the co-ordinator of Authenticity and Modernity Party’s leadership coalition in 2024. El Mansouri’s incoming government will oversee preparations for the 2030 FIFA World Cup, which Morocco is co-hosting with Portugal and Spain. She also faces economic challenges, including rising inflation. Morocco’s ambassador to the United States, Youssef Amrani, said El Mansouri’s appointment as prime minister is a “historic first” and a “new horizon for Morocco”. “Following the legislative elections, the appointment of Ms. Fatima-Zahra El Mansouri as Morocco’s first woman Head of Government marks a defining moment in the Kingdom’s journey towards women’s empowerment,” he wrote on X. Share this Moroccowomen in politicsworld politics by Madeline Hislop 2 days ago ## Stay Smart! Get Women's Agenda in your inbox * Phone This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. * Email SUBSCRIBE ## Latest news ### Sarah Hanson-Young says politics is ‘brutal’ after Greens elect new leader ### Five women in a Senate photo, hundreds of comments, and one question men are rarely asked ### The NRL grand final will be flooded with alcohol ads. It doesn’t have to be this way ### My children will always need me. They shouldn’t need me to be their entire world ### Women-led business is an economic opportunity Australia can’t afford to miss ### Podcast: Why it’s time to quit being nice

Morocco's King Mohammed VI has tasked Fatima Zahra Mansouri with forming the next government. She will be only the second woman in the Arab world to serve as prime minister, after Najla Bouden in Tuni...

Greta Thunberg steps into the Zurich Film Festival spotlight for My Home of Wind and Sand, Patrick Wally’s decade-spanning documentary portrait of Sahrawi activist Najla Mohamed Lamin.

Her appointment by the king makes her only the second woman to lead a government in the Arab world.

The Swedish activist attended the world premiere of Patrick Wally's 'My Home of Wind and Sand,' a powerful documentary on Najla Mohamed Lamin's fight for Western Saharan independence.

Η 50χρονη Fatima Ezzahra El Mansouri, δικηγόρος, πρώην υπουργός Στέγασης του βασιλείου και πρώην (επίσης, η πρώτη γυναίκα δήμαρχος σε ηλικία 33 ετών) δήμαρχος του Μαρακές μόλις έγραψε ιστορία.Έγινε η πρώτη γυναίκα στην ιστορία της χώρας της που αναλαμβάνει την πρωθυπουργία. Γίνεται επίσης η 3η γυναίκα πρωθυπουργός στον αραβικό κόσμο. Η Najla Bouden υπήρξε πρωθυπουργός στην Τυνησία και η Sara Zaafarani είναι νυν πρωθυπουργός της Τυνησίας.

The Swedish activist attended the world premiere of Patrick Wally's 'My Home of Wind and Sand,' a powerful documentary on Najla Mohamed Lamin's fight for Western Saharan independence.

Her appointment by the king makes her only the second woman to lead a government in the Arab world.