About Tariq Ali
Tariq Ali (;Urdu: طارق علی; born 21 October 1943) is a Pakistani-British political activist, writer, journalist, filmmaker, and public intellectual. 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 read Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Exeter College, Oxford. 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), The Duel (2008), The Obama Syndrome (2010), and The Extreme Centre: A Warning (2015). I had given away my entire trousseau, including the family jewels, to the Party." Ali first became politically active in his teens, taking part in opposition to the military dictatorship of Pakistan. As time passed, Ali became increasingly critical of American and Israeli foreign policies.
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