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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Award-winning, Ugandan-born author and columnist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown currently writes for The Independent and The Evening Standard, and is the founder of British Muslims for Secular Democracy.

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Award-winning, Ugandan-born author and columnist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown currently writes for The Independent and The Evening Standard, and is the founder of British Muslims for Secular Democracy.

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown Videos

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Steve Fuller,Richard Bentall,Yasmin Alibhai-Brown,Joanna Kavenna

Who We Have Been and Who We Are

Is memory a recollection or a construction?
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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Feminism and identity politics

Is identity politics holding feminism back?

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Hilary Lawson,Simon Glendinning,Yasmin Alibhai-Brown,Julie Bindel,Brendan O'Neill

A Tribal World

Are communities dangerous or necessary?
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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Reviving feminism

How to become a better feminist
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Adam Swift,Belinda Brown,Yasmin Alibhai-Brown,Yasmin Alibhai-Brown,Victor Adebowale

Monarchy, Caste and Inheritance

Must an equal world abolish all family privilege?

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown,Daniel Hannan,Sameer Rahim

A World Without Borders

Should we get rid of nation states?
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David Aaronovitch,Yasmin Alibhai-Brown,Roger Bolton,Joanna Williams

The Right to be Offended

Should we seek to eradicate offence?

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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown,Roger Bolton,Jonathan Cruddas,Chandran Kukathas

Beyond Borders

Removing vs Strengthening Borders
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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown,Janne Teller,Nigel Inkster,Stephanie Hare,Ella Whelan

The Dark and the Digital

Cyberbullying, Trolling & Free Speech
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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Exotic England

Is English identity a fantasy of political propaganda?
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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Exotic England: Europe's Most Promiscuous Tribe

People's promiscuity in multicultural England
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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown,Samira Ahmed,John Kampfner,Gordon Lynch,Hugh Tomlinson

Is the media democratic?

The fourth estate: watchdog vs establishment
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Ziauddin Sardar,Yasmin Alibhai-Brown,Caspar Melville,Maurice Fraser

Beyond Borders

The merits and dangers of free movement
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Mary-Ann Sieghart,Nic Cheeseman,Natalie Bennett,Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Demons of Democracy

Are there any better alternatives to democracy?
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Don Cupitt,Yasmin Alibhai-Brown,Mark Salter,Juliet Gardiner

Outrageous Fortune

Fate in modern society
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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Tales of an Extravagant Stranger
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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown,Ritula Shah,Sean Curran,Margaret Hodge

Running the World Differently

What if women were in power?
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Ben Hammersley,Yasmin Alibhai-Brown,Anita Sethi,Daniel Miller

The Never-ending Journey
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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown,Niki Adams,Olivia Fane,Rana Mitter,Mikki Kendall

The limits of sexuality

Should we eradicate sexuality from our public live
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Yasmin Alibhai-Brown,Mary-Ann Sieghart,Robert Plomin,Matt Ridley

How we became who we are

Politics in the nature vs nurture debate
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Alexander Guerrero,Taisu Zhang,Tom Brake,Linda Yueh,Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Democracy - a failed strategy?

Should we seek a radical alternative to democracy?
A colorful illustration showing a diverse group of women with varying hairstyles and skin tones, arranged in a pattern facing different directions.
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Reviving feminism

How to become a better feminist
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Linda Yueh,Joseph Nye,Tariq Ali,Yasmin Alibhai-Brown,Domitilla Sagramoso

Ukraine: The Deceit of the West

Has the West become an untrustworthy ally?
A woman with short, curly hair and glasses, wearing a black coat with white trim, stands in front of a stylized purple background depicting a crowd.
Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Feminism and identity politics

Is identity politics holding feminism back?