Tariq Ali

Tariq Ali was born in Lahore, Punjab, British India, now Pakistan, on 21 October 1943. He is a British-Pakistani writer, journalist, historian, filmmaker, political activist, 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 PPE at Exeter College, Oxford. 

He has been described as "the alleged inspiration" for the Rolling Stones' song "Street Fighting Man", recorded in 1968. John Lennon's "Power to the People" was inspired by an interview Lennon gave to Ali.

He currently lives in Highgate, London with his partner Susan Watkins, editor of the New Left Review. He has three children: Natasha from a previous relationship, and Chengiz and Aisha with Watkins.

Tariq Ali

SHADOWS OF THE POMEGRANATE TREE (1992)

NIGHT OF THE GOLDEN BUTTERFLY (2010)

THE BOOK OF SALADIN (1998)

THE STONE WOMAN (2000)

PERMANENT COUNTER-REVOLUTION (2018)