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Wajahat Ali

Wajahat Ali is the author of the forthcoming book Go Back To Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American (January 25, Norton). He is a columnist for The Daily Beast and a former New York Times contributing op-ed writer. His play, The Domestic Crusaders, one of the first major plays about the post 9-11 Muslim American experience, was re-released by McSweeney’s in the Fall of 2021. He is the lead researcher and author of the report Fear Inc.: The Roots of the Islamophobia Network in America published by the Center for American Progress. He is currently a Senior Fellow at Western States Center and Auburn Seminary.

Articles by Wajahat Ali

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Friday May 26

The M Word: Exclusive Interview with W. Kamau Bell

The fact that people are out there practicing their faith out loud in public, openly, and not hiding from it, to me that’s doing it the right way.

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Monday March 6

The M Word: Exclusive Interview with George Takei

“The ignorance of that history is what makes it possible to repeat again.” A conversation between George Takei and Wajahat Ali on the internment of Japanese Americans and the treatment of Muslim Americans today.

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