Tariq Ali was born in Lahore, Pakistan. He studied political science, philosophy and economics at Oxford University and during his studies he distinguished himself as a staunch opponent of the Vietnam War. Editor of the magazine New Left Review , Tariq Ali, one of the most important left-wing intellectuals of our time, has written several books on world history and politics – 1968: Marching in the Streets ; Rough Music: Blairs, Bombs, Baghdad, London , Terror ;... collections of essays – Conversations with Edward Said ; The Clash of Fundamentalisms: Crusades, Jihads and Modernity (translated into our language as Sukob fundamentalizma: крузарски ратови, жихад и сувремонтост); The protocols of the Elders of Sodom;...