Najla Said

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search

Najla Said (born 1974, Boston, Massachusetts, United States) is an Palestinian American author, actress, playwright, and activist. Through her literary and academic work, Said has confronted racism, stereotyping, social and economic inequality, and among others, the specific challenges that face immigrant and second-generation Americans.

Life

She grew up on the Upper West Side.[1] She graduated from the Chapin School and Princeton University and trained at The Shakespeare Lab at the Public Theatre. Her father was the noted postcolonial scholar and public intellectual Edward Said.

In 2010, she featured in a one-woman Off Broadway play, Palestine.[2]

Works

  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

References

  1. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links


<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>