Quote of the day
I do not ask, O Lord, that life may be
A pleasant road.
I do not ask that Thou wouldst take from me
Aught of its load;
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)