Wajahat Ali

There is no “Turkish Arab Spring”

In Turkey, support for the protesters isn't nearly as unified as the U.S. media might have you believe

Wajahat Ali and Haroon Moghul, Boston Review Sunday, Jun 23, 2013 4:00 PM UTC
News Boston Review, Turkey

Drone victim: U.S. strikes boost al-Qaida recruitment

A young Yemeni whose village was targeted by a U.S. drone strike tells Salon about the experience, and its effects

Wajahat Ali Thursday, May 2, 2013 7:00 PM UTC 48
Politics al qaeda, Drones, Drone Attacks

I am not the Tsarnaevs

The Tsarnaevs have nothing in common with me or other Muslims. But don't tell that to the political opportunists

Wajahat Ali Monday, Apr 22, 2013 3:19 PM UTC 98
Life ruslan tsarni

“Please don’t let it be a Muslim”

Muslims must always prove beyond an unreasonable doubt that we are patriotic, and outraged over things we didn't do

Wajahat Ali Wednesday, Apr 17, 2013 3:33 PM UTC 106
Life Boston Marathon

Pakistan: Not just India’s unhinged sister

Mohsin Hamid discusses his new "self-help" novel, illuminating the beauty of a land we see only as a danger zone

Wajahat Ali Friday, Mar 1, 2013 6:50 PM UTC
Entertainment Books, literature, Pakistan

Death by brown skin

An Indian immigrant's subway tragedy is a reminder of a destructive Islamophobia that has spread across the country

Wajahat Ali Monday, Dec 31, 2012 2:24 PM UTC 94
News Subway, Anders Brievik

Wade Michael Page: Islamophobia unleashed

How much longer will we tolerate politicians who stoke bigotry like that which drove Wade Michael Page to kill?

Wajahat Ali Tuesday, Aug 7, 2012 3:12 PM UTC 74
Politics oak creek shooting

Secrets of the Muslim bathroom

The lota has torn apart relationships and embarrassed first-generation kids like me. So what is it? Let me explain

Wajahat Ali Tuesday, Jul 10, 2012 1:00 AM UTC 310
Life Life stories, Islam, Religion

If this is my final tweet

After a harrowing health crisis, I was forced to reexamine my life – and the way I managed my own troubled heart

Wajahat Ali Friday, Jun 29, 2012 11:30 PM UTC 13
Life Life stories, Health, Medicine

How turkey came to our Thanksgiving table

Once shunned by my Muslim family, the bird finally found a place in our home, just like so many American traditions

Wajahat Ali Thursday, Nov 24, 2011 8:00 PM UTC 21
Life Life stories, Thanksgiving

Leaked documents reveal War on Christmas!

Bill O'Reilly has the scoop on how Jews, liberals, Scientologists and Obama will ruin Jesus' birthday for everyone

Wajahat Ali Tuesday, Nov 30, 2010 6:44 PM UTC 22
Life Christmas, Satire

It’s the occupation, stupid

Israel's attack on a humanitarian flotilla deserves condemnation. But let's understand the root of the problem

Wajahat Ali Friday, Jun 4, 2010 12:01 PM UTC 118
All Salon Israel Flotilla Attack

“Sex and the City 2′s” stunning Muslim clich

It's hard to overstate the offensiveness of the fabulous four's exquisitely tone-deaf trip to Abu Dhabi

Wajahat Ali Wednesday, May 26, 2010 6:45 PM UTC 69
Entertainment Sex and the City, Film Salon

How Miss USA will push the secret Muslim agenda

A leaked memo confirms a nefarious plot to infiltrate America using the one weapon we can't resist: Total hotness

Wajahat Ali Tuesday, May 18, 2010 7:15 PM UTC 28
Life Beauty Pageants

What I understand about Faisal Shahzad

As a Muslim Pakistani, I can't tell you why he did it. But I know one violent nut can change how Americans see me

Wajahat Ali Thursday, May 6, 2010 3:11 PM UTC 45
Life Pakistan, Faisal Shahzad

“South Park”: The controversy continues

If you think the show's Muslim brouhaha was messy, you should see what's going on in the neighboring town

Wajahat Ali Thursday, Apr 29, 2010 12:20 AM UTC 63
Entertainment South Park, Television

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