Wajahat Ali
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Wajahat Ali\\xa0is a playwright and lawyer who writes and speaks on race, religion, politics, and social justice with insight and humor. He is the author of\\xa0The Domestic Crusaders,\\xa0the first major play about Muslim Americans post-9/11.\\xa0In his new memoir,\\xa0Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American,\\xa0Ali\\xa0shares stories, both hilarious and poignant, of his experience growing up a Muslim Pakistani-American in an effort to inspire a new vision of America\\u2019s multicultural identity.\\xa0 Ali\\xa0served as a national correspondent for Al Jazeera America, where he told stories of communities and individuals often marginalized or under-reported in mainstream media. His writing also appears regularly in the\\xa0New York Times,\\xa0The Atlantic,\\xa0The Washington Post,\\xa0and\\xa0The Guardian. On February 1, 2022, Wajahat Ali talked to Dave Eggers, the author of many books, including\\xa0Zeitoun,\\xa0What Is the What, You Shall Know Our Velocity, and A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.\\xa0
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