Waleed Aly
The Monthly Essays
After Spring: The Struggle for Liberation in the Middle East
Waleed Aly
“What happens if you vote no?” I ask. “Nothing. There is no one else.” So, na’m, urged the billboard: yes! This had nothing to do with...
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Is Right the New Left?
Waleed Aly
Part 1 | Part 2 The ideas of Left and Right have long dominated politics. This Festival of Dangerous Ideas panel discusses whether these...
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Good Ideas = Bad Politics. Festival of Dangerous Ideas
Part 1 | Part 2 In a country where Question Time is a blood sport and a strong current of anti-intellectualism runs through public life, it...
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What's Right? Waleed Aly on Conservatism. With Shaun Carney
Waleed Aly
Part 1 | Part 2 Where did the Right go wrong? With the departure of George W. Bush and John Howard, conservative parties in the US and...
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The Nation Reviewed
Comment: National Curriculum
Waleed Aly
That’s the thing about meddling with a curriculum: it is an inescapably political, often ideological, exercise. I do not, for instance,...
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Obscured by Clouds: Pink Floyd's 'The Wall'
Waleed Aly
In the mid-1960s, a young underground band played a gig at a Catholic youth club. The promoter refused to pay the band, which decided to...
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The Nation Reviewed
Comment: Racism, Australian-Style
Waleed Aly
For all Kevin Rudd’s fantasies of international leadership, Australia rarely impinges on the consciousness of the wider world. We are...
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Waleed Aly asks Christian Lander about Stuff White People Like
Part 1 | Part 2In this engaging and funny conversation, author, academic and broadcaster Waleed Aly probes famed website creator Christian...
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The rise of Islam and the Australian experience
Waleed Aly
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3Since 9/11 Islam and Islamic communities have been highly scrutinised in the Western world. This Festival of Ideas...
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Patriot Acts: Learning from America
Waleed Aly
Hendi is the Muslim chaplain at Georgetown University in Washington, DC. Despite the sober surrounds, he fizzes with energy and urgency....
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