Tariq Ali
British political activist, writer, and historian (born 1943) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Tariq Ali (Urdu: طارق علی; /ˈtærɪk ˈæli/; born 21 October 1943)[1] is a Pakistani-British political activist, writer, journalist, historian, filmmaker, and public intellectual.[2][3] He is a member of the editorial committee of the New Left Review and Sin Permiso, and contributes to The Guardian, CounterPunch, and the London Review of Books. He studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Exeter College, Oxford.
Tariq Ali | |
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Born | (1943-10-21) 21 October 1943 (age 80) Lahore, Punjab, British India |
Occupation | Historian novelist activist |
Alma mater | Exeter College, Oxford, Government College University, Lahore |
Genre | Geopolitics History Marxism Postcolonialism |
Literary movement | New Left |
Spouse | Susan Watkins |
Children | 3 |
He is the author of many books, including Pakistan: Military Rule or People's Power (1970), Can Pakistan Survive? The Death of a State (1983), Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity (2002), Bush in Babylon (2003), Conversations with Edward Said (2005), Pirates of the Caribbean: Axis Of Hope (2006), A Banker for All Seasons (2007), The Duel (2008), The Obama Syndrome (2010),[4] and The Extreme Centre: A Warning (2015).[5]