Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Profile: Full name: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown Area of interest: Society and politics (esp. race, multiculturalism and human rights) Journals/Organisation: The Independent | Evening Standard Email: yasmin@alibhai-brown.com Personal website: http://www.alibhai-brown.com Website: Independent.co | Evening Standard Blog: Representation: AP Watt Networks:

Biography: About: http://www.alibhai-brown.com/about.php Education: Kololo Senior Secondary School, Kampala, Uganda; Makerere University, Kampala; Linacre College, Oxford: Literature (M.Phil) Career: Began by teaching adults, particularly immigrants and refugees, before becoming a journalist. Worked for New Society and then on the New Statesman magazine in the early 1980s... Alibhai-Brown.com: Who am I? Current position/role: Columnist, political commentator also writes/written for: The Guardian, The Observer, The New York Times, Time Magazine, Newsweek, Daily Mail Other roles/Main role: Author Other activities: Disclosures: Viewpoints/Insight: Epigram Online: interview by Etan Smallman, 4th December 2006 Yourlocalguardian.co: Nowhere to Belong: Tales of an Extravagant Stranger with Yasmin Alibhai-Brown review of Yasmin Alibhai-Brown's one-man show by Nancy Groves, 1st November 2007 Broadcast media: Regular broadcaster and a producer of documentaries for Channel 4 and the BBC; regular panel member of BBC's Question Time Video: You Tube: Yasmin Alibhai Brown On 18 Doughty Street Talk TV BBC News, Daily Politics: Yasmin Alibhai-Brown and Jon Gaunt debate whether political correctness has really gone too far - Tuesday, 15th July 2008 (VIDEO) IMDb Controversy/Criticism: Councillor arrested for saying columnist should be stoned, By Mark Hughes, The Independent, 12th November 2010 Awarded an MBE in 2001, which she later returned, see: Why I have decided to give back my gong The Independent, 1st December 2003 Parliament.uk Minutes of Evidence, 26th February 2004 No wonder multi-culti media grandees hate blogs, Ed West, 21st September 2009 Wikipedia info Awards/Honours: Columnist of the Year, Asian Voice Political and Public Life Awards 2011 BBC ASIA Award for achievement in writing, 1999 Commission for Racial Equality special award for outstanding contribution to journalism, 2000 EMMA Media Personality of the Year, 2000 Windrush Outstanding Merit award, 2000 Awarded an MBE for services to journalism, 2001 Final shortlist for the Rio Tinto prize for journalism, 2001 GG2 Leadership and Diversity award Media Personality of the Year, 2001 George Orwell Prize for political journalism, 2002 EMMA award for journalism, 2004 Scoops: Other: Aunt of Farah Damji, controversial ex-publisher of British Asian magazine 'Another Generation'

Books & Debate: Equal opportunities at work: race: a handbook for racial equality (with Kaushika Amin, Europe Singh) (1991) OCLC 27144455 Racism (with Colin Brown, 1992) OCLC 24754847 The new Europeans and the olde world order (with Paul Gordon) (1992) OCLC 27378694 The Colour of Love: Mixed Race Relationships (with Anne Montague) (1992) OCLC 26353626 No Place Like Home (1995) OCLC 33476015 Black people and the criminal justice system (1995) OCLC 59474920 Working with ethnic minority elders: a guide for care workers (1996) OCLC 60285448 Hate Thy Neighbour (1998) OCLC 40746196 True Colours (1999) OCLC 49029846 After Multiculturalism (2000) OCLC 45496495 Who Do We Think We Are? Imagining the New Britain (2000) OCLC 46456259 Mixed Feelings: The Complex Lives of Mixed Race Britons (2001) OCLC 46847283 Some of My Best Friends Are... (2004) OCLC 56449023 From outside in: an anthology of writings by refugees on Britain and britishness (with Nushin Arbabzadah) (2007) OCLC 122953135 Latest work: The settler's cookbook: tales of love, migration and food OCLC467772698 New Ed. 2010 Speaking/Appearances: Debate: BBC debate with Sean Gabb (Wikipedia info) Debate over Islam: Martin Amis vs Terry Eagleton (Wikipedia info) Enough, says Amis, in Eagleton feud The Guardian, 13th October 2007 Is France right to "ban the burqa"?, Salma Yaqoob, leader of the Respect party, is opposed, while commentator Yasmin Alibhai-Brown believes the French may be doing the right thing. Amelia Hill chairs the debate, The Guardian, 2nd April 2011

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Articles: 2012 Is there no alternative to this tale of two nations? - Reaganomics and Thatcherism instigated the shift away from social cohesion to individualism - 21st May Why so little condemnation of Israel's extremism? - The moralistic Chief Rabbi will not be on 'Thought for the Day' expressing sorrow for the treatment of the men - 14th May How did sexual relations become so brutalised? - Sexual freedom was a necessary, progressive change. But sadly, sex was devalued in the process - 7th May Who will care for these lost and abused children? - The assessments are that poor and hasty decisions are being made – in my view to save money - 30th April Shakespeare offers us lessons in race relations - In ‘Antony and Cleopatra’, assimilation is not a demand but an irresistible force - 23rd April Policemen are racist because our society is racist - Nobody cares when Muslims who have never been tried are parcelled off to the US - 16th April I'm a believer, but I don't want a state run by God - No nation should wilfully split up its young and herd them into schools only with their own sort - 9th April The US is showing us how to march with dignity - We reacted with outrage when Stephen Lawrence was murdered. Now we just react with nihilism - 2nd April Everyone has a theory, but still no one has answers - The causes of last year's riots are still contested every day by every sector of society and every specialist - 26th March Too many exiles are tragically complicit in evil - The terror of regime change has expelled mercy and human fellowship from these pro-Assad émigrés - 19th March If royals are special, let them compete, like Harry - Britain feels like North Korea-lite in this period of national sycophancy when adulation is mandatory - 12th March Why are some opinions still beyond the pale? - The brainwashed public believes all benefits claimants are no-good scroungers - 5th March Why breaking up should be much harder to do - Many have accused me of washing too many wet hankies in public, of being obsessed with the past - 27th February There is a gaping hole in the Leveson Inquiry - For non-white Britons press coverage has been so bad for so long that a fatalism has set in - 20th February We've become experts at sex – but losers at love - There's no doubt sex is better for most Western men and women. With love, however, the news is bad - 12th February Oxford should refuse the Iron Lady this honour - Baroness Thatcher's ideas should be freely taught, but a centre bearing her name would be a sign of undisputed greatness - 6th February The talent that lies beyond the 'brightest and best' - Tell me if there's been any period since the 16th century when there was no hue and cry about "floods" of immigrants - 30th January Those who would murder Rushdie will never learn - Muslims must begin to see that minds need to be liberated if political freedom is to transform their lives - 23rd January We will repeat the past if we don't remember it - My ancestors were set up by the British to be the racially exclusive middle class, a role we then relished - 9th January Honours that show the old order reasserting itself - The nation has turned away from progressive politics. The right owns government, culture and media - 2nd January

Articles: 2011 Christianity deserves better worshippers - Too many are like Cameron, part-time Christians of convenience who use religion as a weapon - 26th December The terrible cost of low self-esteem - Magazines and images in the public space make almost all of us despise our bodies - 22nd December Men still rule from the bedroom to the boardroom - There is no shortage of sisters defending the hideous status quo - 12th December Don't be fooled. We're not all in this together - Health inequalities today between the richest and poorest are worse than they were in the 1920s - 5th December A very modern form of menace - We who are stalked and threatened online are told it is because we put ourselves out there - 28th November Beware the seduction of the charismatic leader - We have Boris, our own loveable rogue. That cheeky chappie look, the unkempt hair, the low cunning - 14th November In divorce, children's rights trump those of parents - If their mums and dads can't be together, children want as normal a life as possible in one home, not to be divvied up day by day - 7th November As protest gathers force, so does state oppression - Christianity has shown that it readily compromises its own ideals when it comes to money and power - 31st October Guns first, then with indecent haste, the deals - As the regime fell, victory turned to vendetta and voyeurism - 24th October Fundamental liberties are to be cherished... - ...but too often they are defended spuriously - 17th October Laws which protect us all - The new Tories are the enemies of a more fair and fulfillling society - 10th October Hope transfusions - Heaven knows why we're all so miserable now - 3rd October What really makes us great - Cameron's campaign is feeble, unpersuasive, culturally illiterate - 26th September Mothers, keep things in perspective - Problems of the privileged have been taken up at a time of global recession - 19th September Clouds over the Arab Spring - Rage against Israel's policies is justifiable, but not expressed like this - 12th September Is the shadow over Muslims lifting? - Many British Muslims have come out of denial and now recognise that extremism flourishes in ordinary families - 8th September 2011 Women without any rights know all about 'erotic capital' - Hakim attacks feminists for devaluing the sexual currency held by British women. I can only thank them for freeing us from lives endured by millions - 22nd August Behind every dictator is a loyal spouse - Stuff, it seems, assuages the guilt and responsibility that should be felt by the wives of autocrats - 8th August Who will stand up for refugees? - Barnado's has agreed to run support services in a deportation centre - 25th July The crimes that women commit against each other... - can be more sadistic than men - 18th July Cultural revolution: How artists have been inspired by the Arab Spring - Feature: Events in London and elsewhere are highlighting responses by painters, poets and musicians to the Arab Spring, the run of political uprisings that has stunned the world - 15th July We treat foreign artists like dirt - Some of the most accomplished are being humiliated or sent packing - 11th July A most delicate relationship - Thoughts on Carolyn Bourne's email to her future daughter-in-law - 4th July When freedom is not so sweet - Others are prepared to die for the liberties we can’t be bovvered with - 27th June Don't worry Kate, there will never be a royal expenses row - The entourage to Canada and the US will be 'humble' with only seven adults accompanying the couple. The national self-delusion is now untreatable - 20th June How does dressing like a 'slut' help protect women? - Feminists have lost their compasses - 13th June Racism will go on rearing its ugly head until we shout stop - In our times, to complain about racism is a crime - 6th June A poisonous time to be a woman - Imagine reaching for the top, then think what happens if you do - 30th May Is Obama worthy of our hope? - Americans appear divided on the President's achievements and fudges - 23rd May The perimeters of free speech - Those who say the battle is between freedom and suppression are wrong - 16th May Sometimes plots are worth believing in - If Osama bin Laden had been tried, what might we not have found out? - 9th May Stop blaming Israel for everything - We must judge all governments by the same universal values - 2nd May We should be allowed help to die - Why should I have my family share with me my most wretched days? - 18th April Free speech and absolute right - Should people who set out to provoke be allowed to do so with impunity? - 11th April The burka is wrong – but so is banning it - Sixteen reasons why I object to this dangerous cover-up - 4th April We must listen to voices of protest - Those in power are rather good at undermining popular dissent - 28th March This hypocritical intervention - We cannot go on cultivating hideous leaders and then turning on them - 21st March More damned than beautiful - Fashion hides scenes of cruelty, self-loathing and exploitation - 14th March Where are the men to help women fight their battles? - We must keep fighting until our half of the human race gets its proper share of the world – of dignity, respect, and rights - 7th March Our young Muslims must see what freedom means to Arabs -The martyrs they see in Libya and Egypt are sacrificing themselves for a better real world, not to escape to a hedonistic and over-sexed afterlife - 28th February This is still a man's world - Boorish men who debase and pornify women are still indulged - 21st February Sowing the seeds of hatred - Nobody has the right to pass on the infection of racism to children - 14th February Cameron's message is that Muslims are not wanted - They are being used to as a distraction - 7th February Sexism is wrong... - But are we women our own worst enemy? - 31st January It takes an outsider to see just how rotten this state can be - We always believing our country is best - 24th January It's not only the old who are getting bullied off the screen - Such foolish and obtuse decisions are made everyday by those in charge - 17th January Jack Straw is right to ask hard questions about Asian men - Fear of racism should no longer be the veil covering up hard truths - 10th January Remembering an unsung heroine of our modern history - She was tiny, not quite 5ft tall and almost always in a sari and cardi - 3rd January

Articles: 2010 The painful smell of nut roast - Those who betray at Christmastime are making sure there is no forgetting - 27th December Ghost of Tiny Tim haunts coalition - If only we had our own Dickens to fight for our defenceless young - 20th December Freedom shouldn't mean doing exactly what you want - Words can be weapons against the weak - 13th December Rise of Strictly Come Democracy - By pretending to make a fool of herself, Ann Widdecombe makes a fool of us - 6th December Asian men and white women - I've been goaded into writing this column by the barbs filling my inbox - 29th November The Blair-Hitchens reality show - Belief and scepticism deserve better champions than these two - 22nd November Our most precious possession - Post-colonials and their children have reclaimed English and made it their own - 15th November He has validated the haters who think it is OK to threaten me - Nothing I said on the Nicky Campbell show was so outrageous that it should provoke such a response from a man who should know better - 12th November War is declared on the welfare state - Our country is in the hands of dogmatist free-marketers - 7th November Fry's misogynistic view of women - Most of my good gay friends truly like femininity. But I have known some phobic ones too - 1st November A worse record than Saddam's - It could fuel terrorism, but keeping the stories hidden was always wrong - 25th October Why must some guilt be collective? - I hate it that some people are forced to carry the weight of history - 18th October Party conferences same as usual - But I love attending for the intelligent discussions at small, intense events - 11th October The forces of hate are still with us - The powerful appear to be focused on the white working and workless classes - 4th October What now for the centre left? - The Big Society cannot be a substitute for a state in the fight against inequality - 27th September The selfish search for the self - These existential crises are borne of high expectations and emotional greed - 20th September The two faces of modern America - Even before the 9/11 attacks, millions of Americans despised Muslims unfairly - 13th September The stench from the blogosphere - Think of them as the worst end of the press, disreputable and intrusive - 6th September How power turns virtue into vice - Will I read Tony Blair's memoir? Maybe skim through it and throw it on a bonfire - 30th August Naomi Campbell isn't at fault - State villainy carries on because high-minded leaders can let go of the moral principles when the price is right - 9th August Cameron's megaphone diplomacy - We are now expected to refrain from criticism of India - 2nd August Can we learn about child crime? - The Michael Howard line on prison will have gathered more converts last week - 26th July A bunch of mediocre wastrels - The monarchy binds the British people into dependency and subservience - 19th July The sorrow of the silent witness - My only sister's carers seem nice, but she is retreating further into herself - 12th July 7/7: the aftermath of tragedy - Five years ago, bombers struck at the heart of British society. But what that terrible day revealed was the depth of our tolerance - 7th July Why are we promoting Islamicism? - Britain beds down with disreputable characters and governments - 28th June Where has all the love gone? - The burning flame of passionate mutuality is burning out as people obsessively chase ratings in the mating game - 20th June Grip of the imperial imagination - Gove wants to whitewash the story of British imperialism - 14th June When scientists don't know best - Sometimes we are duped by charlatans who make us believe they can cure us - 31st May We won't forgive and forget Iraq - Ed Balls and the Miliband duo seem to believe their past stains will wash of - 24th May The new golden age - While the pound and euro teeter on the brink, gold is more valuable than ever. But what inspires our lust? - 19th May Stand up against the burka - Community fetishes cannot override obligations, equality and duties - 17th May The new MPs I'm glad to see - The election delivered some remarkably enlightened results - 10th May Scapegoats for society's faults - Gillian Duffy was bigoted, because she lumped eastern Europeans into her moan- 3rd May Our island home really isn't so bad - We have what it takes to rise to any number of challenges - 26th April Is there any way that some 'outsiders' might get a look-in? - I thought this year there'd be a breakthrough but it was not to be - 20th April If we close our borders, we close our minds - A fear creeps up on me. I hear my late mother's exhortative voice, her frequent warnings: "Don't show your anger to them. They will take away your passport. Then where will you go?" - 12th April Higher callings, base desires - The custodians of impossible morality turn into monstrous predators - 29th March 2010 The future of politics lies with women - The leaders are trying to charm us with vacuous words and meaningless policies - 22nd March Our asylum policy is a disgrace - Fractured histories have inspired some of the most talented people on earth - 15th March Muslims are running out of friends - British establishment has surpassed its disgraceful record in attitudes to Islam - 8th March How do we judge Woods and Cole? - When a black man cheats, race is seen as a factor. But not if the man is white - 1st March Would you do immigrants' jobs? - Our instinct for survival makes us push the work ethic into our kids - 22nd February The closed minds that deny a civilisation's glories - Islamic websites that control people - 15th February No hope of common sense in war against anti-Semitism - They knowingly mix politics and race - 8th February Channel 4's Indian Winter is an insult to Asians - It’s all too typical of British television, from panel games to detective dramas - 2nd February The British empire is striking back - Like Blair, this inquiry is imperialist. Dusky natives have no voice - 1st February The cloak of darkness - Used as a political protest, veils have potency – but the price is too high - 25th January Those who write memoirs know - Lady Antonia has had her critics. But we tell our stories because we can - 18th January Licence for extremism - The collapse of all restraint in society is pushing some Muslims to the edge - 11th January They are right to ban the burka, even if it is for the wrong reasons - France has never delivered égalité or fraternité to its immigrants - 8th January Well done, PD James... - ... but will the BBC get the message? - 4th January

Articles: 2009 Olympics' promises on race - Time to make sure the games are what Mandela believed they could be - 21st December Christians and PC - It's not PC enforcers who are guilty of neglecting the spirit of Christmas - 14th December Still the most class-ridden country - There is something about the chutzpah of theTory boys - 7th December Help, I'm feeling sorry for Blair - We should have had ordinary Iraqi and British citizens on the inquiry panel - 30th November Why is my gender in retreat? - The truth is that all nations would prefer it if women went back indoors - 23rd November How libel laws silence our democracy - Most journalists have to accept severe limits on what we can say about crucial issues - 16th November Why does self-hatred afflict so many non-white people? - The urge to lighten one's skin colour is a disturbing sign of 'ethnic' psychosis - 2nd November Black America and us - America's racial divide is healing faster than our own - 26th October Free speech is fine until it's against you - Freedom is what we must seek, but lack of restraint leads to dehumanisation - 19th October Interracial sex evokes a visceral fear - I once danced with a black Briton in a hotel in Atlanta and nearly caused an incident. The hostility got so thick we had to leave - 17th October Into the heart of the middle class - The party conference messages were slick – but less so the reality - 12th October It's time to stand up and fight the new misogyny - Ours is the age of libertine sexism and verbal debauchery - 5th October Don't Israel's nukes count? - Netanyahu wants to keep up the idea of his plucky, vulnerable little state - 28th September The Left's guilt and shame - Ugly populism is fast food for the disillusioned - 21st September We abandon history at our peril - Some children thought Churchill was the first man to walk on the moon - 14th September Britain's barbaric terror strategy - Here we have the three Ds – destitution, detention and, finally, deportation - 31st August I was wrong to support war in Afghanistan - Myth of Afghanistan as “graveyard of empires” bewitches British Muslims - 24th August Broadcasters need to break out of the ghetto - I am well used to the fake fury and rage - 20th August Only answer to hate is humanity - Barenboim's concerts sell out because they represent possibilities - 17th August Phillips is the wrong man for this job - Captain Trevor Phillips hangs in there, ingloriously defiant to the last - 27th July Darkness in paradise - Going back was a life lesson in the potency of the whole historical truth - 20th July The burqa is not acceptable - To deny face-to-face interaction is to deny our shared humanity - 13th July Free speech can't be unlimited - We must define the boundaries of what is acceptable on the internet - 6th July What about Jackson's kids? - Michael Jackson was both a victim of bad parenting and a perpetrator - 29th June (See: Jackson Michael Jackson: summary) Left must think the unthinkable - Britain must economise to recover from the downturn - 22nd June Back to the bad old days of greed - It is business as usual after a brief spell of detox - 15th June Women who fled the battle - Is it sexist to accuse Flint of liking to use her stilettos? - 8th June On wicked mothers-in-law - This abomination calls for a new abolitionist movement - 1st June Sexism in the faculty - Ruthless power plays in academia are as common as good wine - 25th May I feel betrayed by people I admired - I feel more fury when black and Asian people are caught up in expenses abuse - 18th May Why do we condemn children to such terrible care homes? - Let us look to Denmark and Germany - 11th May Who'd be female under Islamic law? - A dark age is upon us - 4th May Our debt to foreign soldiers - Brown preaches about 'Great British Values'. How about the Gurkhas? - 27th April Who do the police serve? - Millions of Britons are repelled by the bullying they have seen - 20th April Let's hear it for our luvvies - Why grumble at Keira for promoting an unglamorous cause? - 6th April It is now impossible to trust any 'official' inquiry into Iraq - This institutionalised duplicity - 30th March In an unequal society, we all suffer - Mental illness and obesity are worse in inequal nations - 23rd March Don't make light of pain of divorce - The end of a relationship leaves a permanent bruise - 16th March I wash my dirty linen in public too - Julie Myerson's only crime is that she is honest - 9th March Will Muslims fight for freedom? - Some refuse to accept that non-Muslims are equal - 2nd March A saga of secrets, lies and horror - The US and UK pay others to do what Saddam used to do - 23rd February What planet are our critics on? - There’s an extreme dissonance between consumers of art and those who judge it - 16th February ‘Satanic Verses’ forced me to declare myself a Muslim - Suddenly it was okay to despise Muslims - 9th February Those who seek justice do so in vain - Some nations – and some leaders – are beyond the reach of the law - 2nd February Our struggle for equality - Female job losses are happening at twice the rate of men's - 26th January Israel's friends cannot justify this slaughter - How many Palestinian Anne Franks did the Israelis murder? - 19th January Harry, you can't just say what you like - I have some sympathy for Harry. In an age of verbal break-out, anything goes - 12th January No tears for white working class - Even those who claim to speak for immigrants flock to indulge them - 5th January

Articles: 2008 They're still lying about Iraq - Gordon Brown has been spinning his own fairy tale of Baghdad - 22nd December 2008 Fat is an Oprah Winfrey issue - I too wasted years trying to get to the size of Paula Yates - 15th December 2008 The members for immunity - Damian Green is enjoying the moment. Can't blame him really - 8th December 2008 Muslims must confront the truth about Mumbai - There must be Muslims in India who are supporting the unsupportable - 1st December 2008 Where is the media outrage over Gaza? - Four cheers for the feisty Lauren Booth, sister-in-law of our special Middle East envoy, Tony Blair. But what exactly is he doing? Desperately searching for his legacy I suppose, like the weapons of mass destruction hidden in the sands somewhere, waiting to be unearthed - 24th November 2008 The state panders to parents - The only people in the country who can still be lawfully hit are children - 17th November 2008 You can't force patriotism on a people - After spending millions, Brown is giving up trying to fix a national identity - 10th November 2008 Why do Home Secretaries turn into such monsters? - This power grab is made possible because the people are frightened - 3rd November 2008 Could Britain elect a black premier? Not any time soon - The number of non-white local councillors has actually fallen - 27th October 2008 It must be right to let people decide if they want to die - Those who help cannot be criminals - 20th October 2008 We may share a language, but that's it ... - The UK is mesmerised by the American presidential election. The result will affect all our futures. But is it too much already? - 13th October 2008 We are going to pay dearly for the loss of Sir Ian Blair - The erstwhile head of the Met championed race and religious equality measures - 6th October 2008 These bigots imperil our nation's future - One in four Britons questioned are fearful that their safety is threatened by migrants and blame this group of "others" for declining British pride - 29th September 2008 We Muslims who despair of terrorism - There are many Pakistani-Britons who are proud of the culture of Pakistan. But their pride and idealism are fast draining away - 22nd September 2008 Middle-class self pity, it's the angst of our age - when the downturn hits, some will have to decide to sell up that abode in Andalusia and go sometimes to Asda, instead of M&S or Waitrose - 15th September 2008 Men are just as much victims of the workplace - My husband has moved to working four days a week this year, and it has changed our lives - 8th September 2008 This confrontation is a calamity for the capital - We could call it the "Bonfire of the Vanities", but that literary cliché feels glib for what is happening in the Metropolitan Police today - 1st September 2008 Celebrities don't deserve this hatred - 25th August 2008 When your skin is just too dark - Asian, Arab and black models may look exquisite, but they can't survive in such a hostile habitat - 11th August 2008 No welcome - now the Turks don't even want to join Europe - Europe had the chance to end the chasm between Islam and the West. It chose to be bigoted - 4th August 2008 Don't portray Muslims as victims. We've moved on - Subtle shifts are taking place, and supposed enemies are now friends - 14th July 2008 In a sea of corruption we only catch the small fry - I met Derek Conway recently and there was no tremor of culpability - 7th July 2008 Religions should not be allowed to make ghettos - Some ardent Christians, Jews, Hindus and Muslims wish to demolish our secularism – 30th June 2008 When loyalty gets the better of morality (about: Zimbabwe) – 23rd June 2008 Political labels no longer mean very much - Today the most fanatical holders of prejudices against new migrants are old migrants – 16th June 2008 Calling Obama black is an insult to his mother - An honest history would acknowledge the white men and women rubbed out by the label – 9th June 2008 A lament for the death of the left as a political force - Most depressing is the sight of black and Asian Britons following the wind blowing Tories to victory – 2nd June 2008 From the right to free expression to a duty to offend - One is required to deride Mary Whitehouse. But if no watch is kept, society ends up depraved – 26th May 2008 This week, I've been ashamed to be a woman - Cherie still defends the war in Iraq. Hillary would go nuke Iran – 19th May 2008 Eat only local produce? I don't like the smell of that - The language in this debate is a proxy for anti-immigration sentiments – 12th May 2008 In Kampala, 1968 was a bit more complex... - Obote was rattled: what if the young, educated elites in his country acted up too – 5th May 2008 Why should Muslims put up with being stereotyped? - Like everyone, we are creatures of many parts. But we are not allowed such complexities – 28th April 2008 Londoners would be mad to vote for Boris - He could win. The public is gullible; rich white folk and parts of the press love him – 21st April 2008 Why British Asians don't get the arts and don't want to either - It's all about making money and making good – and that... is a tragedy – 21st April 2008 A reminder of the real cost of living - Friends in India who work with rural women say that lentils are no longer affordable – 14th April 2008 We must learn more about these murderous men - Long is the line of experts on what drives people to terrorism, yet we are none the wiser – 7th April 2008 The real star of the show wasn't Carla – I was in New York when Mme Sarkozy was presented to the nation naked on the pages of some newspapers - 31st March 2008 This unhealthy strain of left-wing McCarthyism - We argued about Israel, US arrogance, royalty and republicanism (about: BAP) Powell's Rivers of Blood are back again - Back in the spring of 1968, East African Asians were adjusting to the retreat of colonialism - 10th March 2008 Being a mother is a tough job, but wonderful too - My children are my gold, and far from draining my selfhood, they fill it, and give it substance - 3rd March 2008 Corruption is now endemic in our political culture - 25th February 2008 We've a problem with food – and Delia's not helping - Delia is back after five years... - 18th February 2008 Our crimes in Iraq must not be forgotten - If the alliance was arrogant at the time of the invasion, it is even more so today - 12th February 2008 What he wishes on us is an abomination - Sharia is nothing but a human concoction of medieval religious opinion - 9th February 2008 Real freedom is being able to do as you please - I gave up on time-bound jobs so I could cook and pick up my daughter from school - 4th February 2008 Why is racial abuse now considered acceptable? - I don't care how people feel about me. I do expect them to treat me with minimal courtesy - 28th January 2008 We deserve better than Boris or Ken - London is the world's favourite city. Why so? - 21st January 2008 Just who is to decide excellence in arts funding? - The arrangements are condescending and unfair; promising not distinction but exclusion - 14th January 2008 No-go areas that are all in the bishop's mind - What makes an immigrant priest turn into such a vicious bulldog? - 7th January 2008

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Articles: 2009 London needs to speak every language - or over half a million schoolchildren in Britain - one in seven - English is a second language. Middle England has reacted with shock to the new figures. Calm down, guys. Languages are a gift, not a disease - 19th March 2009 Stay calm and face down these Islamist boors - Trust me when I say that most of us British Muslims detest the fanatics who screamed at British soldiers parading in Luton this week even more than outraged non-Muslims do. We want the ground beneath them to open up - 12th March 2009 Pity poor mothers: the nanny always wins - Tory frontbencher Caroline Spelman must return the £10,000 she claimed from the public purse to pay her nanny in the late 1990s, who, apparently, also did secretarial work - 5th March 2009 Ivan’s lesson: look the disabled in the face - Ivan Cameron died yesterday, aged only six. He had cerebral palsy and epilepsy and couldn't move much or communicate, except I imagine his parents did... - 26th February 2009 Sisters are doing it to themselves - Stamping her well-heeled little feet, Sienna Miller whinges about the "sisterhood", more vicious to her than the universal brotherhood of sweetiepie men - "It is women who are holding us back. It is women who are doing the judging." - 19th February 2009 The reality TV show every parent must see - I flopped down on Tuesday night and turned on the telly. Channel 4 was broadcasting Girls and Boys Alone, a series I knew I would detest, as many have - 12th February 2009 Sorry, Carol – Auntie had to dump you - Carol Thatcher says she is baffled that a remark made by her in jest has caused such upset. The top brass at the BBC have decided that her services... - 5th February 2009 I’m over 50 but you ain’t seen nothing yet - The future is scary, especially for working women, who are losing jobs faster than men in the recession - 29th January 2009 Let's savour this moment while we can - Britons of colour were ecstatic on Tuesday. Some let rivers of joy run down their faces, some screamed out as if the hills and oceans needed to know... - 22nd January 2009 It's OK to play the colour card if you're posh - Quieten down, I say to those building up fresh outrage over Prince Charles and his polo buddy, Kolin Dhillon, aka "Sooty" - 15th January 2009 Tame London's 4x4 parking road hogs - Beautiful, countrified Richmond is home to many Londoners with huge, showy cars, slowly killing the place they love - 8th January 2009

Articles: 2008 An East End triumph of hope over evil - Why did these men turn into murderous monsters? I try but cannot understand. Bilal Abdulla and Kafeel Ahmed were not poor, ill-educated, vulnerable, gullible or victims of racism. Confidently middle class, they had everything going for them - 18th December 2008 My two children, divided by classroom fads - My children are living proof of the damage done by passing educational fads. This is what makes my heart sink reading this week's government report by respected educationalist Sir Jim Rose on the primary school curriculum - 11th December 2008 I’ve had it with buying gifts for my man - December is here again and I am still stuck for gift ideas - 4th December 2008 For now, Boris, my old enemy, I salute you - I have been implacably hostile to Boris Johnson for a decade. Yet today I find my resistance to the Mayor is melting, and fast - 26th November 2008 You just don't have The X Factor, minister - How dare Andy Burnham use up precious parliamentary time to interfere with The X Factor? - 12th November 2008 Black heroes who honour their white roots - Obama has got his most glittering prize but his beloved grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, will not be there to throw her arms around him - 5th November 2008 A disgusting Brand of sexist garbage - Should the likes of Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross ever be as uninhibited as they think they have a right to be? - 29th October 2008 We must keep the flexitime option, especially through these tough times - As the recession bites, all but the most shrewd businessmen and politicians panic and make hasty statements they will rue - 22nd October 2008 Enter, stage Left, a new fan of the Lords - The newly ennobled Lord Mandelson, bedecked in proud red robes, is the latest Lord to go a-leaping into power in our parliament, bypassing the tedium... - 15th October 2008 Raw rage beats forgiveness any day - How impressive is Carolyn, widow of Michael Todd, the philandering chief constable of Greater Manchester who froze himself to death on Snowdon - 8th October 2008 The BBC pumps up our Muslim hotheads - It is Eid today, the Muslim festival marking the end of the arduous month of Ramadan, when we give up food and drink from sunrise to sunset. We should... - 1st October 2008 Bravo to the greys standing up to the state - John le Carré is one of my heroes — because he is an angry old man, churned up about politics, injustice and the voracity of the powerful - 24th September 2008 The pitbull beguiles me but what if she wins? - I Googled Sarah Palin and got 20,800,000 hits. That's how many times she is currently mentioned, the Governor of Alaska and new mum with a Down's... - 17th September 2008 The little Indian local that made it big - Fantastic news. In the Seventies Mohammad Tayyab, a Pakistani immigrant, worked in a sweatshop before opening New Tayyabs, a cheap yet authentic curry... - 10th September 2008 These preachers of hate betray their sisters - However hateful their views, there is now something familar about the image of most extremist Muslim preachers: hairy and scary - 3rd September 2008 No, Paxo - you're not the endangered species - I have learned the hard way that you do not ever take on the big beasts of broadcasting, almost all white, middle-class, oxbridge and male.If you dare to question their views, you are blackballed, kept off screen and station for the longest time - 27th August 2008 A burka-free city with a lesson for London - I have been in Vancouver, a city rightly most proud of is its multicultural population - 20th August 2008 Being a chubby child is no picnic - I know - We know too many British children are inactive and heavy. Now the Department of Health has decided to weigh and measure primary school kids and inform... - 6th August 2008 My chapattis are ready for love, not ego - "Men think first about technique; women think first about their emotions," says Hélène Darroze, the top French chef now running the kitchen in the beautifully refurbished Connaught Hotel... - 16th July 2008 If it's racism you want, head out of town - This city was awarded the Olympics for its energy, diversity and irrepressible optimism - and there was a welcome reminder of that this week - 10th July 2008 Black mothers face a hard truth over knives - Walking with Ben Kinsella's bereaved sisters on Tuesday's poignant march were black men and women - 3rd July 2008 Only Sarah can unlock the real Gordon - A year ago tomorrow, Gordon Brown took power. Best not wish him happy returns. Daily, dreadful poll results show his popularity tumbling. Devout... - 26th June 2008 Foes, as well as friends, must have justice - This week, two obtuse and fanatical London Muslims who manifestly hate the West witnessed great British justice - 19th June 2008 Adultery always hurts - and I should know - Mira Kirshenbaum's newly published book on "ethical" infidelity - When Good People Have Affairs - should have a health warning. Reading it made my... - 12th June 2008 Threatened girls must be taken seriously - Arsema Dawit, 15, stabbed to death in Waterloo, is not just another teen killing to add to those in London already this year. Her case typifies a... - 5th June 2008 We all have a duty to Victoria's memory - "I am still learning that other children are still dying" - the chilling words of Berthe Climbié yesterday morning brought me up sharp (Victoria Climbié) - 29th May 2008 My daughter, too, gets her say on abortion - Wednesday morning, 7am, groggy after a bad night, and my daughter, 15, shakes me awake, not because she can't find her hockey socks but to discuss... - 22nd May 2008 To save our kids, we must turn them over - In the Eighties, I was out on the streets of London protesting against stop-and-search police operations - 15th May 2008 Complacency is the BNP's best friend - On St George's day I was a panellist at a lively public debate on racism, terrorism and the state in London - 1st May 2008 What I now have in common with Jemima - Jemima Khan was born into boundless wealth, handed exquisite looks, glides in and out of parties in gorgeous dresses, is resented (and yes, envied) by... - 24th April 2008 At last, some good news about children I recently wrote in this paper about Melissa,a young girl I mentor through FUN, an organisation in north London that matches adult volunteers with... - 17th April 2008 Steer clear of men who worship mamma - Fabio Capello, England's football coach, 61, is, according to his widowed mother, Evelina, "a mimosa flower, a mummy's boy" - even though he has... - 10th April 2008 I'll buy no more books by this monster - Patrick French has just published an unflinchingly honest biography of Nobel prize-winning writer VS Naipaul, who comes across as unpleasant and... – 3rd April 2008 I don't want Asian elections in Britain - Most British Asians are genuinely committed to our (almost) clean electoral system. Most also find dishonour unbearable; what others think of us... - 20th March 2008 At risk - the haven for 'honour' victims - This week many of us British Asians have had to hang our heads in shame and collective self-reproach - 13th March 2008 Let's take on the hospital car-park rip-off - The lucky Welsh. Their devolved government has decided to make all hospital car parks free. Here in England, alas, we humbly accept our exploitation... - 6th March 2008 This passion for dangerous dogs is barking - Yasmin Alibhai-Brown just doesn't get the British when it comes to their love of dogs - 28th February 2008 Liz Hurley and the Indian servant problem - Violet D'Souza claimed she worked 70 hours a week for Liz Hurley and her loaded husband Arun Nayar and was paid as little as £1.20 per hour for... - 21st February 2008 What will it take to make TV colour blind? - When will we black and Asian Britons no longer need to wag our fingers at institutions which remain wholly white at the top? - 14th February 2008 We need more Muslim MPs like Sadiq Khan - I wouldn't be surprised if Jack Straw has known for a while that the cops were listening in on the prison conversations of Tooting MP Sadiq Khan - 7th February 2008 I've had to change my mind about sus laws - The police are to get more powers to stop and search people without giving detailed reasons. I hear this and am fearful that we will return to the... - 31st January 2008 Yes, I cheated for my child's education - I wholeheartedly agree with David Cameron when he defends parents who play the system, sometimes cheat, in order to get their children into good... - 24th January 2008 The Muslim men we can all be proud of - So Diana's mother, Frances Shand Kydd, called her daughter a "whore" for "messing around with f***ing Muslim men" - 17th January 2008 Picket the homes of the 'honour' killers - Shafilea Ahmed, 17, disappeared from her Cheshire home in 2003 after a trip to Pakistan where she was made to meet a chosen husband. Her response to... - 10th January 2008 A tribal tragedy for the Africa I love - Another African country, another rigged election, killings and mayhem: the usual stuff, many Londoners will think, as Kenya convulses and... - 3rd January 2008

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