Articles by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown


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The millions of Brits who are expansive, fair and internationalist will be by us through this dark patch.
Why did so many women, black evangelicals, Hispanics and gays become Trump groupies?
Our whitewashed history ignores the heroic role of people of colour in the war.
Gary Lineker and Lily Allen have been shockingly abused for speaking up for the displaced.
It is a myth that criticism of Israel amounts to a hatred of Jews.
Gone is that 'have-a-nice-day' chirpiness; shame and fear for the country's future remains.
It's as if suddenly we live in a one-party state where dissent is scorned - which allows racism to steadily grow.
It's embarrassing to witness my contemporaries turning bitter. Have they forgotten their own social rebellions?
At least Trump doesn't try to come across as principled. If Mrs Thatcher was the Iron Lady, Mrs May is steel.
Only four countries allow schools to reject pupils on religious grounds; Estonia, Israel, Ireland, and the UK.
Though more Asian men and women have come out in recent years, most do not. The cost is too high.
The vote was not the end of the story. Europhiles are branded undemocratic, anti-working class and unpatriotic.
Saudi Arabia is ruled by a cruel, corrupt, tyrannical, filthy-rich and ungodly clan.
While we fight for female rights, we must attend to the wounds and rage of the losers.
If this carries on, the confident and better organised Tories will rule over us for decades.
Brexit debates revealed the same schisms and disenchantment as in 2011.
We are staying put in the UK for the first time ever because anything more adventurous seems foolhardy.
This is a volatile and testing century - there's no time for exaggerated claims.
She is the nastiest of anti-migrant Tories - I fear we will see an even tougher May now.
Iraqis continue to be murdered and oppressed. Westerners are indifferent or inured.