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About Ali Hossaini

Ali Hossaini is a pioneer of interactive television and electronic media. He manages two television channels in New York City.

Articles by Ali Hossaini

Tuesday 28th September

Beyond the multicultural ghetto

Ali Hossaini, 28 September 2004

Multiculturalism distorts the past, deforms the present, and diminishes the future. The best of America, says Ali Hossaini, shows the world a better route to a free, unified society: its name is assimilation.

Wednesday 15th October

The nasty truth about the noble lie

Ali Hossaini, 15 October 2003

The long walk to freedom takes place across language. What happens when words are abused by power, cheapened by war, or corrupted by media? This philosopher-TV executive surveys openDemocracy’s debate on journalism and war, and asks whether George Orwell’s dystopian vision of thought-killing ‘Newspeak’ has been realised in contemporary American journalism.

Tuesday 3rd September