Tariq Ali is one of the most incisive analysts of the politics of the Middle East, the malignant influence of Israel in on US and UK policy towards that region, and ln British politics. He is also an impressive novelist.
As a point of vague interest, my ex boyfriend was living in Tehran in 1979 with his mother teaching english as a foreign language. He was on the very last plane out of there, when the shah fell, before the airport was shut.
Tariq Ali is one of the most incisive analysts of the politics of the Middle East, the malignant influence of Israel in on US and UK policy towards that region, and ln British politics. He is also an impressive novelist.
As a point of vague interest, my ex boyfriend was living in Tehran in 1979 with his mother teaching english as a foreign language. He was on the very last plane out of there, when the shah fell, before the airport was shut.