Kenan Malik is a writer, lecturer and broadcaster. He is Senior Visiting Fellow at the Department of Political, International and Policy Studies at the University of Surrey. He is a presenter of Analysis, BBC Radio 4's flagship current affairs programme and a panelist on the Moral Maze. His books include The Quest for a Moral Compass: A Global History of Ethics (2014), From Fatwa to Jihad (2009), Strange Fruit (2008), Man, Beast and Zombie (2000), and The Meaning of Race (1996).
Malik was born in India, brought up in Manchester and now lives in London. He studied neurobiology (at the University of Sussex) and history and philosophy of science (at Imperial College, London). He was for a number of years a research psychologist at the Centre for Research into Perception and Cognition (CRPC) at the University of Sussex, working on problems of the mental representation of spatial relations. For the past decade, he has been an independent writer, lecturer, researcher and broadcaster.
Maahanmuutto ja ihmisten etninen karsinoiminen, 29.1.2014
Kenan Malik, Strange fruit: Why Both Sides are Wrong in the Race Debate. Oneworld 2008.
Celebrating diversity or equality? by Marek Kohn, Eagle Street, June 1997
Diane Abbott draws Finns into British race debate, Eagle Street, March 1997
To be transported somewhere transdendent,
Politics should be about getting things done – not creating drama, The Observer, 8 September 2019
Why western liberals have long picked the wrong historical hero, The Observer, 8 September 2019
Plucked from the web #62 by Kenan Malik, Pandaemonium, 7 September 2019
Does having children make you happy? Yes, if you let them, The Observer, 25 August 2019
Sure, defend Meghan Markle from racists, but let's not bow to the monarchy, The Observer, 24 August 2019
Wildness and human imagination, Pandaemonium, 19 August 2019
Inequality in the north of England is about far more than race, The Observer, 18 August 2019
Last week, I gazed on a truly wild land... and saw art reflected back, The Observer, 17 August 2019
The real undesirables are not on the streeta, Pandaemonium, 12 August 2019
The necessity of poetry, Pandaemonium, 10 August 2019
Twitter won't ruin the world. But constraining democracy would, The Observer, 28 July 2019
Bryan Magee, the man who loved to put big ideas on the small screen, The Observer, 28 July 2019
White i dentity and working class politics, Pandaemonium, 27 July 2019
Trump is a racist and Hunt a coward for refusing to say so, The Observer, 21 July 2019
When local councils use data tools to classify us, what price freedom? The Observer, 21 July 2019
A growing lack of trust in authority poses a serious danger to our health, The Observer, 23 June 2019
Libra cryptocurrency won’t set us free, it will further enslave us to Facebook, The Observer, 23 June 2019
Plucked from the web #59, Pandaemonium, 22 June 2019
New York Times cartoon ban leads to a world where we say nothing at all, The Observer, 16 June 2019
Are only certain kinds of people deemed worthy of our compassion? The Observer, 15 June 2019
Cartoons too dangerous, Pandaemonium, 15 June 2019
Forget culture wars. Class is still the defining force shaping British lives, The Observer, 2 June 2019
Democracy is the victim if the law starts to police politics, The Observer, 2 June 2019
Who has the ight to speak? by Kenan Malik, Pandaemonium, 31 May 2019
Men don't have abortions. That's no reason not to fight for women's rights, The Observer, 26 May 2019
The $2m drug reveals medical research as a casino culture, The Observer, 26 May 2019
Plucked from the web #57, Pandaemonium, 25 May 2019
Can we escape surveillance culture? Pandaemonium, 20 May 2019
As surveillance culture grows, can we even hope to escape its reach? The Observer, 19 May 2019
The Brexit party reflects our hollowed-out, tired politics, The Observer, 19 May 2019
The beauty of the oud, Pandaemonium, 18 May 2019
Who needs poetry? We all do – and we need it now, The Observer, 12 May 2019
We on provocation. But are we too quick to punish those who stray? The Observer, 12 May 2019
Big pharma can only see the benefit of R&D for wealthy markets, The Observer, 5 May 2019
Caster Semenya is a victim of rules that are confusing and unfair, The Observer, 5 May 2019
From David Lammy to Roger Scruton, we rush to damn our opponents, The Observer, 21 April 2019
The revival of pigs' brains inspires hopes – and fears, The Observer, 21 April 2019
A points-based system doesn't end naked prejudice against migrants, The Observer, 14 April 2019
Who polices the cultural appropriation gatekeepers? The Observer, 14 April 2019
We can cry for Alan Kurdi, but living migrants get no pity, The Observer, 7 April 2019
If identity politics is a force for good, how does white nationalism fit in? The Observer, 7 April 2019
Stop looking for the ‘Gotcha!' moment in public debate, The Observer, 31 March 2019
Europe's efforts to curb the internet giants only make them stronger, The Observer, 31 March 2019
Plucked from the web #55, Pandaemonium, 30 March 2019
Anti-Muslim bigotry and far-right terror, Pandaemonium, 25 March 2019
Silencing Islamophobes is as futile a response as banning the Qur'an, The Observer, 24 March 2019
Remembering the Holocaust in Berlin, Pandaemonium, 22 March 2019
The failing Grayling model for Britain, Pandaemonium, 18 March 2019
Do not let raw anger cloud our judgment after Christchurch, The Observer, 17 March 2019
The history and politics of white identity, Pandaemonium, 16 March 2019
On the right to have rights, Pandaemonium, 11 March 2019
Human rights mean nothing unless we defend real, threatened people, The Observer, 10 March 2019
There is never a reason for bigotry at the school gates, The Observer, 10 March 2019
Plucked from the web #54, Pandaemonium, 9 March 2019
Rushdie's monsters, Pandaemonium, 4 March 2019
The Satanic Verses is still creating monsters, even new book-burners, The Observer, 2 March 2019
Anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitism, Pandaemonium, 25 February 2019
Antisemites use the language of anti-Zionism. The two are distinct, The Observer, 24 February 2019
Shamima Begum and moral responsibility, Pandaemonium, 18 February 2019
The possibility of redemption is central to a humane society, The Observer, 17 February 2019
From book to fatwa, Pandaemonium, 12 February 2019
Doing violence to our rights, Pandaemonuim, 11 February 2019
Think you are British? Not if the Home Office says you’re not, The Observer, 11 February 2019
Plucked from the web #53 by Kenan Malik, Pandaemonium, 9 February 2019
Since when was it a police job to impose sanctions on drill musicians? The Observer, 9 February 2019
The corrosiveness of bullshit, Pandaemonuim, 4 February 2019
Bullshit, not lies, is the corrosive influence blighting our public life, The Observer, 2 February 2019
When demography becomes politics, Pandaemonuim, 28 January 2019
Demography is not destiny. Politics should be about winning minds, The Observer, 27 January 2019
Plucked from the web #52, Pandaemonuim, 26 January 2019
The art of condescension, Pandaemonium, 21 January 2019
Here’s me and the Mona Lisa. Who says that art and selfies can’t mix? The Observer, 19 January 2019
Socially polarised, politically paralysed, Pandaemonium, 14 January 2019
A divided Britain is not new. So why do today's schisms seem intractable? The Observer, 13 January 2019
Plucked from the web #51, Pandaemonium, 11 January 2019
Thw politics of the space race, Pandaemonium, 7 January 2019
Power politics always drives space conquest. China’s coup is no different, The Observer, 6 January 2019
A Bookish dozen for the New Year by Kenan Malik, Pandaemonium, 4 January 2019
Posh may be passé but contempt is not, Pandaemonium, 31 December 2018
Posh is so passé – today's elite prefers the myth of the meritocracy, The Observer, 30 December 2018
Open a cookery book to find the recipe for how cultures blend, The Observer, 30 December 2018
A year of Pandaemonium 2018, 29 December 2018
The incoherence of immigration policy, Pandaemonium, 24 December 2018
The new immigration proposals are economic and political nonsense, The Observer, 23 December 2018
The EU and the Italian job, Pandaemonium, 17 December 2018
Europe’s merciless treatment of Italy only hardens popular resentment, The Observer, 16 December 2018
We could all do with being a little less sure of ourselves, The Observer, 16 December 2018
Plucked from the web #50, Pandaemonium, 14 December 2018
A fear of cultural loss is fuelling anger with elites across Europe, The Observer, 9 December 2018
EU obsession with migration is shameful, racist and fatal, The Observer, 9 December 2018
Where does this bully get his ideas from? Pandaemonium, 3 December 2018
Don't dismiss gene editing on account of one rogue case, The Observer, 2 December 2018
I know all about being bullied by racists. That's the Britain I grew up in, The Observer, 1 December 2018
On the ethics of CRISPR, Pandaemonium, 30 November 2018
Disagreement is not hatred, Pandaemonium, 26 November 2018
Debate ends when we label views we simply disagree with as ‘hatred’, The Observer, 25 November 2018
The war on terror continues and still no one counts the costs, The Observer, 25 November 2018
Plicked from the web #49, Pandaemonium, 23 November 2018
Crowned with no false patriotic wreath, Pandaemonium, 19 November 2018
Patriotism is meaningless if it doesn't embrace acts of defiance, The Observer, 18 November 2018
Stand up and be counted if you want to start a debate, The Observer, 18 November 2018
Madness, madness, they call it gladness, Pandaemonium, 16 November 2018
Terrible crimes and tawdry debates, Pandaemonium, 12 November 2018
We’re told 84% of grooming gangs are Asian. But where’s the evidence, The Observer, 11 November 2018
Plucked from the web #48, Pandaemonium, 9 November 2018
Blood, soil and citizenship, Pandaemonium, 5 November 2018
Myths about shared culture have no place in the citizenship debate, The Observer, 4 November 2018
Blasphemy, religious and secular, Pandaemonium, 29 October 2018
None of us should enjoy the right to have our beliefs shielded from abuse, The Observer, 28 October 2018
A little message from Twitter, Pandaemonium, 26 October 2018
White identity is meaningless. Real dignity is found in shared hopes, The Observer, 21 October 2018
Turkey should look to its own brutal treatment of journalists, The Observer, 21 October 2018
Plucked from the web #47, Pandaemonium, 19 October 2018
Call yourself a ‘moderate'? You're just avoiding the need to make your case, The Observer, 14 October 2018
What's wrong with AI? Try asking a human being, The Observer, 14 October 2018
Politicians must shape public opinion, not follow it, The Observer, 7 October 2018
As global poverty declines, we should beware the new class wars, The Observer, 6 October 2018
Otis Rush and Chicago blues, Pandaemonium, 5 October 2018
Housing ban on asylum seekers gives the far right a veto on where they live, The Observer, 30 September 2018
The Satanic Verses sowed the seeds of rifts that have grown ever wider, The Observer, 29 September 2018
Plucked from the web #46, Pandaemonium, 28 September 2018
Racial equality once meant tearing down barriers, not doing a DNA test, The Observer, 23 September 2018
Women, not politicians, should control their bodies, The Observer, 23 September 2018
A censorship less visible, Pandaemonium, 22 September 2018
Free speech, culture and identity: A German interview, Pandaemonium, 14 September 2018
Sweden’s shift to the right has been decades in the making, The Observer, 9 September 2018
Condemning all debate with Bannon amounts to giving up on politics, The Observer, 9 September 2018
Plucked from the web by Kenan Malik, Pandaemonium, 7 September 2018
If we want to build trust in society, a new treason law is no way to do it, The Observer, 29 July 2018
Plucked from the web #43, Pandaemonium, 27 July 2018
Hope and fear in a world of uncertainty,
Unions are too vital to democracy to be allowed to gentrify and die, The Observer, 3 June 2018
Roseanne Barr's tweet inspired intolerance on both sides, The Observer, 3 June 2018
opular anger and the repackaging of power, Pandaemonium, 28 May 2018
ore than one way of being reactionary, Pandaemonium, 14 May 2018
Are rightwing black people traitors to the cause? Of course they're not, The Observer, 13 May 2018
Our new working class needs help with new struggles, The Observer, 13 May 2018
he muddle over the ‘gay cake', Pandaemonium, 7 May 2018
The Lords has no place in a genuine democracy, The Observer, 6 May 2018
The ‘gay cake' fight: why the bakers had a right to refuse this order, The Observer, 6 May 2018
orality, the law and the death of a child, Pandaemonium, 30 April 2018
Plucked from the web #37, Pandaemonium, 27 April 2018
Elite racism and the working class as alibi, Pandaemonium, 23 April 2018
Elites still use the working class as an excuse for their own prejudices, The Guardian, 22 April 2018
Remembering the death of Joy Gardner, Pandaemonium, 20 April 2018
On the assassination of Katie Hopkins, Pandaemonium, 15 April 2018
A different American language, Pandaemonium, 13 April 2018
The lost legacies of Malcolm and Martin, Pandaemonium, 9 April 2018
Plucked from the web #36, Pandaemonium, 6 April 2018
Yes, we've lost our faith in God, but we've lost our faith in reason too, The Observer, 1 April 2018
The meaning of heritage in an age of identity, Pandaemonium, 30 March 2018
Should offence be banned? or hate? Pandaemonium, 25 March 2018
Even those with the vilest of views have the right to be heard, The Guardian, 18 March 2018
What is education for? Pandaemonium, 18 March 2018
Plucked from the web #35, Pandaemonium, 15 March 2018
The working class, immigration & the left, Pandaemonium, 11 March 2018
Ethics and sport have long been strangers to one another, The Guardian, 11 March 2018
Thinking allowed on the white working class, Pandaemonium, 2 March 2018 (audio)
The need for an intelligent debate about artificial intelligence, Pandaemonium, 24 February 2018
Plucked from the web #34, Pandaemonium, 23 February 2018
Cinematic fantasies and political fairy tales, Pandaemonium, 18 February 2018
Trump Wants British Libel Laws. America Does Not, The New York Times, 13 February 2018
Fake news and the gatekeepers of truth, Pandaemonium, 11 February 2018
100 days behind bars, Pandaemonium, 9 February 2018
Immigration and cultural loss, Pandaemonium, 4 February 2018
That working-class lives are more fraught is not down to immigration, The Guardian, 4 February 2018
Plucked from the web #33 by Kenan Malik, Pandaemonium, 2 February 2018
On justice and vengeamce, Pandaemonium, 28 January 2018
Why Brexit has made us more relaxed about immigration, The Guardian, 28 January 2018
The great British Empire debate, Pandaemonium, 26 January 2018
Red scares and millenial rage, Pandaemonium, 22 January 2018
The love felt for Cyrille Regis as the bigots stood beside me, The Guardian, 21 January 2018
Letter from Osman Kavala, Pandaemonium, 18 January 2018
Plucked from the web #32, Pandaemonium, 14 January 2018
Back to school on race and class, Pandaemonium, 7 January 2018