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Tariq Ali
writer, filmmaker
Tariq Ali is a writer, filmmaker, and a long-time political activist and campaigner. He has written over a dozen books on world history and politic--including *The Clash of Fundamentalisms*, *Bush in Babylon*, *Rough Music*, and *Pirates of the Caribbean: The Axis of Hope*--as well as five novels and scripts for both stage and screen.