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.
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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
In a society too short of common goals, identity politics are an imperfect answer by Kenan Malik, The Observer, 17 September 2017
Plucked from the web #25, Pandaemonium, 14 September 2017
The New Voice of Indigenous Australia, The New York Times, 11 September 2017
Fostering row exposes how words fail us when we talk about Muslims in Britain, The Observer, 3 September 2017
Plucked from the web #24, Pandaemonium, 31 August 2017
Plucked from the web #23, Pandaemonium, 20 August 2017
On morality and its history, Pandaemonium, 10 August 2017
Death and moral confusion, Pandaemonium, 6 August 2017
The beauty in the bleakness, Pandaemonium, 30 July 2017
Plucked from the web #22, Pandaemonium, 27 July 2017
Not all politics is identity politics, Pandaemonium, 23 July 2917
Charlie Gard and our moral confusions, Pandaemonium, 20 July 2917
Sartre on Giacometti, Pandaemonium, 16 July 2917
Plucked from the web #21, Pandaemonium, 13 July 2017
Cultural appropriation and secular blasphemy, Pandaemonium, 9 July 2017
Gilroy and Reed on race, class & culture, Pandaemonium, 6 July 2917
How culture came to approåriate race, Pandaemonium, 2 July 2017
Plucked from the web #20, Pandaemonium, 25 June 2017
For common values, against patriotism, Pandaemonium, 21 June 2017
The Luminous art of Khadija Saye, Pandaemonium, 18 June 2017
In Defense of Cultural Appropriation, The New York Times, 14 June 2017
The making of the Muslim world, Pandaemonium, 12 June 2017
Post-election, new questions, Pandaemonium, 9 June 2017
On those ‘difficult conversations', Pandaemonium, 5 June 2017
Plucked from the web #19, Pandaemonium, 1 June 2017
From left radicalism to radical Islamism, Pandaemonium, 28 May 2017
The Jihadi State of Mind, The New York Times, 24 May 2017
Rigged labour market, skewed public debate, Pandaemonium, 21 May 2017
A world with too little empathy– or too much? Pandaemonium, 18 May 2017
Plucked from the web #18, Pandaemonium, 14 May 2017
The challenge of the jihadi frame of mind, Pandaemonium, 11 May 2017
Derek Walcott inside the ruins, Pandaemonium, 4 May 2017
The changing face of Harlem, Pandaemonium, 30 April 2017
Plucked from he web #17, Pandaemonium, 27 April 2017
Never say this is the final road for you, Pandaemonium, 23 April 2017
The Foregone Conclusion of Britain's Election, The New York Times, 19 April 2017
The epic of American Civilization, Pandaemonium, 16 April 2017
Free speech and unsafe spaces, Pandaemonium, 10 April 2017
Ideological violence and sociopathic rage, Pandaemonium, 26 March 2017
Thou shalt not give offence, Pandaemonium, 23 March 2017
The void where an opposition should be, Pandaemonium, 15 March 2017
It's not me, it's the monster, Pandaemonium, 8 March 2017
Grasping diversity, embracing democracy, Pandaemonium, 5 March 2017
Britain’s Absent Opposition, The New York Times, 24 February 2017
A litlde alternative reading, Pandaemonium, 23 February 2017
Decolonizing our minds? Pandaemonium, 19 February 2017
Revolutionary art, but a mess of a show, Pandaemonium, 16 February 2017
Why update From Fatwa to Jihad? Pandaemonium, 9 February 2017
Not post-truth as too many 'truths', Pandaemonium, 5 February 2017
Let America be America again, Pandaemonium, 19 January 2017 (poems)
In Tristram Hunt's future fiefdom, Pandaemonium, 15 January 2017
Fake news and worst solutions, Pandaemonium, 11 January 2017
A crisis of democracy or of liberalism? Pandaemonium, 4 January 2017
A year of Pandaemonium, Pandaemonium, 1 January 2017
From the end of history to 2016, Pandaemonium, 29 December 2016
The problem is more than integration, Pandaemonium, 18 December 2016
All the Fake News That Was Fit to Print, The New York Times, 4 December 2016
Before Facebook was the coffee house, Pandaemonium, 1 December 2016
The faultlines of the imagination, Pandaemonium, 14 November 2016
How America got trumped, Pandaemonium, 10 November 2016
'I want my country back', Pandaemonium, 27 October 2016
In defence of fredom of movement, Pandaemonium, 24 October 2016
On the gramma schools debate, Pandaemonium, 20 October 2016
Talkng Satanic Verses, Pandaemonium, 13 October 2016 (video)
Why Britain Fails in Class, International New York Times, 30 September 2016
Coming soon..., Pandaemonium, 28 September 2016
Against the cultural turn, Pandaemonium, 22 September 2016
Who is appropriating what? Pandaemonium, 14 September 2016
Between rsge and terror, Pandaemonium, 7 September 2016
Echoes from the past: Democracy and Plato's Republic, Pandaemonium, 31 August 2016
Echoes from the past: Creating the underclass, Pandaemonium, 25 August 2016
God-fearing and qute magical, Pandaemonium, 21 August 2016
Echoes from the past: The racial view of class, Pandaemonium, 18 August 2016
Echoes from the past: Fear of the masses, Pandaemonium, 14 August 2016
These Days of Rage, International New York Times, 9 August 2016
And if my thought-dreams could be seen, Pandaemonium, 30 July 2016
On Brexit, borders, being offensive (but not being in a Holywood movie), Pandaemonium, 28 July 2016
Academic freedom and academic cowardice, Pandaemonium, 22 July 2016
Talking migration, brexit and hostility, Pandaemonium, 21 July 2016 (audio)
Britain, Europe and the real crisis, Pandaemonium, 29 June 2016
The revolt of the fragments, Pandaemonium, 25 June 2016
Beyond the Brexit debate, Pandaemonium, 21 June 2016
Rethinking Embryo Research Rules, International New York Times, 14 June 2016
The drama of the Rusian avant garde, Pandaemonium, 12 June 2016
'I dont't have to be what you want me to be', Pandaemonium, 5 June 2016
What does anti-Zionism mean today? , Pandaemonium, 2 June 2016
Anti-semitism and the left, Pandaemonium, 29 May 2016
Connectedness and disconnectedness, Pandaemonium, 25 May 2016
Warning: This may injure your modesty, Pandaemonium, 19 May 2016
Muslims are not a ‘different' class of Briton: we're as messy as the rest, The Observer, 15 May 2016
The view from North Africa, Pandaemonium, 11 May 2016
In the fortress of the pilgrims, Pandemonium, 8 May 2016
The British Left's ‘Jewish Problem', International New York Times, 3 May 2016
How should we live in a diverse society? Pandaemonium, 2 May 2016
Talking about radicalization, Pandaemonium, 20 April 2016
The bane of cultural appropriation, Al Jazeera, 14 April 2016
So, what do British Muslims really think? Pandaemonium, 12 April 2016
Why abortion should be decriminalized, Pandaemonium, 6 April 2016
The fourth wave of European jihadis, Pandaemonium, 3 April 2016
Counter-teror policy: The myths and the failures, Pandaemonium, 30 March 2016
After Brussels: Once again thinking through terror, Pandaemonium, 23 March 2016
The case for freedom where it is most fragile, Pandaemonium, 20 March 2016
Talking migration, Muslims and morality, Pandaemonium, 16 March 2016 (video and text)
The blindnes of EU migration Policy, Pandaemonium, 9 March 2016
Politics of disillusionment and the rise of Trump, Al Jazeera, 6 March 2016
Multiculturalism: The Finnish edition, Pandaemonium, 3 March 2016
Of angels and devils, of monsters and myths, Pandaemonium, 28 February 2016 (videos)
Why the Lahore literary festival? Pandaemonium, 18 February 2016
From the archives: My first article for The Independent, Pandaemonium, 14 February 2016
‘I knew I was witnessing a terrible evil’, Pandaemonium, 11 February 2016
Free speech and double standars by Duncan Pike, Pandaemonium, 4 February 2016
Democracy, morality and the migrant crisis, Pandaemonium, 1 February 2016
In the haunting light of Jaffna, Pandaemonium, 29 January 2016
On the Quest for a Moral Compass, Pandaemonium, 25 January 2016
Talking of free speech, Pandaemonium, 21 January 2016 (video and audio)
Bigotry, debate, censorship and the left, Pandaemonium, 17 January 2016
Recolonized by the past, Pandaemonium, 13 January 2016
Charlie Hebdo, one year on, Pandaemonium, 7 January 2016
A year of Pandaemonium, Pandaemonium, 1 January 2016
Best books of 2015, Pandaemonium, 29 December 2015
Talkoing God and godlessness, Pandaemonium, 25 December 2015 (video)
Do We Need a ‘Safe Space' from Donald Trump? International New York Times, 21 December 2015
Olivier Roy on European jihadis, Pandaemonium, 10 December 2015
Europe's Dangerous Multiculturalism, Foreign Affairs, 8 December 2015
Kurdish lessons for the fight against IS, Pandaemonium, 6 December 2015
After the vote, three questions, Pandaemonium, 3 December 2015
Migrants and Europe, East and West, Pandaemonium, 29 November 2015
What does science tell us about race? Pandaemonium, 25 November 2015
Why do Islamist groups in particular seem so much more sadistic, even evil? The Observer, 22 November 2015
Identity and diversity: Three interviews, Pandaemonium, 18 November 2015
After Paris, Pandaemonium, 15 November 2015
The struggle for cultural heritage, Pandaemonium, 11 November 2015
Can social cohesion be imposed? Pandaemonium, 7 November 2015
Is Eastern Europe Really More Racist Than the West? International New York Times, 3 November 2015
The stench of a rotten deal, Pandaemonium, 28 October 2015
The EU's stinking refugee deal with Turkey, Al Jazeera, 27 October 2015
Detroit, Diego Rivera and the worth of art, Pandaemonium, 25 October 2015
Extremism and the law, Pandaemonium, 21 October 2015
David Cameron and the centre ground, Pandaemonium, 11 October 2015
Radicalization is not so simple, Pandaemonium, 7 Ocober 2015
Introducing Jesus and Mo, Pandaemonium, 30 September 2015
On fences and fractures, Pandaemonium, 26 September 2015
South Africa and the erosion of hope, Pandaemonium, 23 September 2015
The politics of disenchantment, Pandaemonium, 22 September 2015
A refugee crisis– and crisis of response, Pandaemonium, 15 September 2015
Leading the Labour Party - to do what? Pandaemonium, 9 September 2015
The broken rainbow: Thoughts on South Africa, Pandaemonium, 3 September 2015
Apartheid, then and now, Pandaemonium, 30 August 2015
From the archives: Ignatieff on Berlin, Pandaemonium, 28 August 2015
From the archives: Kaufmann on religion, Pandaemonium, 25 August 2015
hat Is Britain's Labour Party For? International New York Times, 21 August 2015
From the archives: Scruton on pessimism, Pandaemonium, 19 August 2015
Free speech in an age of identity politics, Pandaemonium, 13 August 2015
From the archives: Tony Blair's journey, Pandaemonium, 10 August 2015
In the wilderness about Charlie Hebdo, Pandaemonium, 8 August 2015
Tribalism and its consequences, Pandaemonium, 5 August 2015
History and the making of the individual, Pandaemonium, 27 July 2015
Iranian blues, Pandaemonium, 25 July 2015
Beyond the cliches about radicalisation, Pandaemonium, 22 July 2015
Evil and the Islamic State, Pandaemonium, 16 July 2015
Britain's Dangerous New Tribalism, International New York Times, 10 July 2015
As we approach the endgame, Pandaemonium, 9 July 2015
As if plucked from a fairy tale by Kenan Malik, Pandaemonium, 5 July 2015
Wish I knew how it would feel to be free, Pandaemonium, 27 June 2015
Back to Bradford for an old debate, Pandaemonium, 21 June 2015
The Corrupt Rhetoric of the FIFA Scandal, International New York Times, 16 June 2015
As old orders crumble, progressive alternatives struggle to emerge, The Observer, 14 June 2015
Beauty is a rare thing, Pandaemonium. 12 June 2015
I believe in free speech but..., Pandaemonium, 3 June 2015 (video)
Am I wrong about hate speech bans? by Brian Carey and Kenan Malik, Pandaemonium, 31 May 2015
Thinking through hate speech, Pandaemonium, 28 May 2015
East, West and the Renaissance, Pandaemonium, 24 May 2015
On freedom and free will, Pandaemonium, 21 May 2015
The king may have gone, but the thrill remains, Pandaemonium, 17 May 2015
The price of fortress europe, Pandaemonium, 15 May 2015
A cathedral, a mosque, a clash of civilizations, Pandaemonium, 11 May 2015
Post-Election Britain: A Disunited Kingdom, International New York Times, 8 May 2015
Living in diversity, Pandaemonium, 4 May 2015
Wrong about free speech – again by Kenan Malik, Jo Glanville and Leigh Phillips, Pandaemonium, 29 April 2015
Marx and morality, Pandaemonium, 26 April 2015
Migrants Face Fortress Europe's Deadly Moat, International New York Times, 21 April 2015
History, morality and the clash civilizations, Pandaemonium, 19 April 2015
The age of adolescence, Pandaemonium, 17 April 2015
This not a post about free speech, Pandaemonium, 14 April 2015
The moral camera, Pandaemonium, 11 April 2015
Diversity and immigration are not the problem. Political courage is…, The Observer, 5 April 2015
To imagine, to hope, to transcend, to transform, Pandaemonium, 31 March 2015
On multitudes, Pandaemonium, 28 March 2015
On science, morality and being human, Pandaemonium, 25 March 2015
Top Gear' Hits Rock Bottom, International New York Times, 17 March 2015
What is wrong with playing God? Pandaemonium, 16 March 2015
Jacob Lawrence and the Great Migration (Part 6), Pandaemonium, 14 March 2015
I believe in free speech, but…, Pandaemonium, 11 March 2015
Five tales of good and evil, Pandaemonium, 5 March 2015
A search for identity draws jihadis to the horrors of Isis, The Observer, 1 March 2015
The Failure of Multiculturalism, Foreign Affairs, March/April 2015
Be pragmatic, legitimise terror, Pandaemonium, 25 February 2015
The Three-Parent Baby's First Step, International New York Times, 22 February 2015
The failure of multiculturalism, Pandaemonium, 17 February 2015
Jacob Lawrence and the Great Migration (5), Pandaemonium, 15 February 2015
Britain and France, censorship and identity, Pandaemonium, 11 February 2015
The misadventures of the black square, Pandaemonium, 7 February 2015
United against abortion, Pandaemonium, 4 February 2015
Jacob Lawrence and the Great Migration (4), Pandaemonium, 1 February 2015
Radical Islam and the race against modernity, Pandaemonium, 28 January 2015
How a bunch of vicious chancers became men of wisdom by Kenan Malik, Pandaemonium, 25 January 2015
Jacob Lawrence and the Great Migration (part 3), Pandaemonium, 18 January 2015
Don't Limit Speech in France, The New York Times, 16 January 2015
Assimilationism and multiculturalism, Pandaemonium, 12 January 2015
Je suis Charlie? it's a bit late, Pandaemonium, 8 January 2015
Radical Islam, Nihilist Rage, International New York Times, 3 January 2015
Jacob Lawrence and the Great Migration (Part 2), Pandaemonium, 3 January 2015