Abdirahman Hussein (born in

Hargeisa Hargeisa ( ; ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Somaliland, a ''List of states with limited recognition, de facto'' sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, still considered internationally to be part of Somalia. It is also th ...

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) is a scholar and teacher who taught at the

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. He is best known for his book on

Edward Said Edward Wadie Said (1 November 1935 – 24 September 2003) was a Palestinian-American academic, literary critic, and political activist. As a professor of literature at Columbia University, he was among the founders of Postcolonialism, post-co ...

, ''Edward Said: Criticism and Society'' (London: Verso, 2002), in which he offers a critical study of Said and his influences. The book was praised by Bart Moore-Gilbert for its "judicious critique" of Moore-Gilbert's own 1997 study of Said in which, he says, he did not pay sufficient attention to the "Palestinian dimensions and orientations of Said's thinking". Also noted is Hussein's "triangulation" of

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, whose ''

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'' is, according to Hussein, "foundational to Said's entire career and project". One of Hussein's focal points is Said's 1976 book ''Beginnings: Intention and Method'', whose importance he says is overlooked.

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