Bernard Lewis Interviewed About History, Islam, and "Orientalism"

The interview is with Ram Evron and took place on Israeli television in 1989.

In the interview, Bernard Lewis discusses the evolution of the words for “peace” in Arabic, the origins and uses of the word “Palestine”, the traditional approach of Islam towards non-Muslims, comparisons between Judaism and Islam (specifically halakhah and the shari’a), the rise of Islamism, and the issue of Edward Said’s “Orientalism”.