He said ministry officials made him sign this a few weeks ago after he brought about a dozen copies from Jordan of a book by Edward Said , a prominent scholar at New York City 's Columbia University .
<response> He said ministry officials made him sign this a few weeks ago after he brought about a dozen copies from <location>Jordan</location> of a book by <person>Edward Said</person> , a prominent scholar at <location>New York City</location> 's <organization>Columbia University</organization> . </response>