News and Events
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Bath Literature Festival 1st March 2008
I am appearing at the Bath Literature Festival alongside Lavinia Greenlaw.
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A Race Apart- Radio 4 29th Feb 2008 11am
My documentary on black only universities is being broadcast on Radio 4 this morning. In it i travel to Washington DC and Tennessee to look at why some black students think that attending a black only university will improve their career prospects.
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Newsnight Review 29th February 2008
I am a panellist on Newsnight Review and amongst the things being discussed are the new novel by Hanif Kureishi and BBC 2’s forthcoming season on the white working class.
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The Observer next week
I have a feature in the Observer Review next week about the 40th anniversay of Enoch Powell’s Rivers of Blood speech.
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Kitab Book Festival, Mumbai Feb 24th
I am appearing at the Kitab book festival at 3pm in Mumbai in conversation with Nikki Bedi
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website update
I am in the process of updating the website. Since it was launched I have made a whole bunch of radio documentaries and they will all be uploaded in the next few weeks. I am also hoping to update the book section to include news of the upcoming paperback publication of my book.
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The Funny Thing About Muslims- Radio 4 25th Jan
My documentary on Muslim humour is broadcast on Friday 25th January at 11am on Radio 4
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Esquire January 2008
I have a feature in the new issue of Esquire all about the prevalance of narcissism in popular culture.
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Newsnight Review 25th January
I am on Newsnight Review with Jeanette Winterson and amongst the items we are discussing are Martin Amis’ collection of writings about September 11 and the new play from David Hare.
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Newsnight Review 14 December
I am on Newsnight Review on Friday with John Harris and Natalie Haynes discussing amongst other things the new Ang Lee film Lust, Caution.
Greetings from Bury Park:
Race. Religion. Rock 'n' Roll
- ISBN-10: 0747592942
- ISBN-13: 978-0747592945
Sarfraz Manzoor was two yearsold when his family emigrated fromPakistanto join his fatherin Bury Park, Luton. His teenage years were a constant battle to reconcile being both British and Muslim. But when his best friend introduced him to Bruce Springsteen, his life changed for ever.