One of Asad's minor texts, penned while he was at The University of Hull, Remarks on Edward Said's Orientalism was published in 'Short Notices' section of The English Historical Review (Vol. 95, No. 376, July 1980, pp. 648)
"This is a powerfully--often passionately--written text. . . . The only book that I can think of in comparison is Edward Said's Covering Islam--but Massad’s book is far richer both in terms of the literature covered (much of which was of course not yet available when Said wrote his book) and the range of questions engaged.”