Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
Tariq Ali
Born: October 21, 1943 (age 81)
Bio: Tariq Ali is a British Pakistani writer, journalist, and filmmaker. 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.
Known for:
- Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree (1992)
- The Book of Saladin (1998)
- The Clash of Fundamentalisms (2002)
- A Sultan in Palermo (2005)