Beyond Orientalism: England’s Complex Relationship With the East

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown came to this country in 1972 from Uganda. She completed her M.Phil. in literature at Oxford in 1975. She is a journalist who has written for The Guardian, Observer, The New York Times, Time Magazine, Newsweek, The Evening Standard, The Mail and other newspapers and was a regular columnist on The Independent for eighteen years. She now writes a weekly column for the International Business Times and continues to write for the I newspaper, the Mail and other newspapers.She is also a radio and television broadcaster and author of several books. A recipient of multiple awards, she writes what she believes as honestly as possible. Her writings always mix the intensely personal with the political. She changes her mind. Her views are unpredictable except on a few issues where she has remained steadfast – immigration most of all. She will be in conversation from her latest book, Exotic England. It was praised by most reviewers who thought it fresh and groundbreaking. But not one Mr Harry Mount who was really very rude about it in the Telegraph.

Yasmin Alibhai-Brown Beyond Orientalism: England’s Complex Relationship With the East

Organiser: Centre for Migration and Diaspora Studies

Contact email: ay@soas.ac.uk

Sponsor: Centre for English Studies