Tariq Ali Bio | Wiki
Tariq Ali is a popular Pakistani-British political activist, writer, journalist, historian, filmmaker, as well as a public intellectual. Currently, Tariq works as a writer and editor of the New Left Review. Tariq also contributes to The Guardian, CounterPunch, as well as the London Review of Books. He inserted himself into politics via his involvement with The Black Dwarf newspaper. In 1968, Tariq joined the International Marxist Group (IMG).
Tariq is also the author of numerous books, such as Pakistan: Military Rule or People’s Power in 1970, Can Pakistan Survive? The Death of a State in 1983, Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity in 2002, Bush in Babylon in 2003, Conversations with Edward Said in 2005, Pirates of the Caribbean: Axis Of Hope in 2006, A Banker for All Seasons in 2007, The Duel in 2008, The Obama Syndrome in 2010, as well as The Extreme Centre: A Warning in 2015.
His The Leopard and The Fox, first written as a BBC screenplay in 1985, is about the last days of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. Never formally produced because of a censorship controversy, it became finally debuted in New York in October 2007, the day prior to former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto returning to her home country following eight years in exile.
Tariq Ali Age
Tariq was born on October 21, 1943, in Lahore, Punjab in British India. He is 79 years old. Tariq celebrates his birthday on October 21, every year.
Tariq Ali Height
He is a man of above-average stature. Tariq stands at a height of 5 ft 9 in ( Approx 1.75 m).
Tariq Ali Family
He was born and brought up in Lahore, Punjab in British India (later part of Pakistan). Tariq is the son of journalist Mazhar Ali Khan and activist Tahira Mazhar Ali Khan. His mother, Tahira, was the child of Sir Sikandar Hyat Khan, who led the Unionist Muslim League and was afterward Prime Minister of Punjab from 1937 through 1942.
Tariq’s father, Mazhar, had been “mobilising peasants in his family’s fiefdom” when he became invited to join the Pakistan Times by Mian Iftikharuddin, afterward becoming sympathetic to the Communist cause, although he never joined the party. His father and mother, who were cousins, run away secretly in order to get married.
Tariq Ali Wife
Tariq is married to his wife Susan Watkins an editor of the New Left Review. The two reside in Camden, north London. Tariq and his wife Susan have two children named Chengiz and Aisha. He also has a daughter named Natasha from a previous relationship.
Tariq Ali Education
He studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Exeter College, Oxford. Tariq also learned at Government College University, Lahore.
Tariq Ali New Left Review
Lively in the New Left of the 1960s, Tariq has long been associated with the New Left Review. He inserted himself into politics via his involvement with The Black Dwarf newspaper. Tariq is a member of the editorial committee of the New Left Review.
Tariq Ali Books
– The Book of Saladin (1998)
– Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree (1992)
– Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes (2022)
– The Stone Woman (2000)
– A Sultan in Palermo (2005)
– Night of the Golden Butterfly: A Novel (2010)
– The Islam Quintet: Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree, The Book of Saladin, The Stone Woman, A Sultan in Palermo, and Night of the Golden Butterfly (2014)
– Iranian nights (1989)
– The Clash of Fundamentalisms (2002)
– The Extreme Centre (2015)
– Fear of Mirrors (1998)
– Kashmir: The Case for Freedom (2011)
– The Dilemmas of Lenin (2017)
– The Forty-Year War in Afghanistan: A Chronicle Foretold (2021)
– Bush in Babylon (2003)
– Pirates of the Caribbean: Axis of Hope (2006)
– The Obama Syndrome (2010)
– The leopard and the fox (2007)
– The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power (2008)
– An Indian dynasty (1985)
– Can Pakistan Survive (1983)
Tariq Ali Pirates of the Caribbean
He is the author of his book titled Pirates of the Caribbean: Axis of Hope which was published on December 17, 2006. This book guides us through a world split between privilege and poverty, a continent that is once again on the march.
Tariq Ali The Extreme Centre
He is the author of his book titled The Extreme Centre: A Warning which was published on March 10, 2015. The Extreme Centre is a judgment of the politics of the “indistinguishable political elite” in the United Kingdom, and their loyalty to capitalism. This book analyses what Tariq sees as the failure of the European Union and NATO, political corruption in Westminster, and the preponderant of the American Empire.
Tariq Ali Redemption
In 1990, Tariq released the satire Redemption, on the inability of the Trotskyists to handle the downfall of the Eastern bloc. Redemption contains parodies of several well-known figures in the Trotskyist movement.
Tariq Ali Net Worth
Tariq gets his wealth from his work as a political activist, writer, journalist, historian, filmmaker, as well as a public intellectual. Therefore, Tariq has accumulated a decent fortune over the years. Tariq’s estimated net worth is $3 million.
How Old Is Tariq Ali
Tariq is a 79-year-old who was born on October 21, 1943, in Lahore, Punjab in British India.
Is Tariq Ali Married
Yes. Tariq married his wife Susan Watkins an editor of the New Left Review. The two reside in Camden, north London. Tariq and his wife Susan have two children named Chengiz and Aisha. He also has a daughter named Natasha from a previous relationship.