Wajahat Ali

<p><strong>Wajahat Ali</strong> is a playwright and lawyer who writes and speaks on race, religion, politics, and social justice with insight and humor. He is the author of <em>The Domestic Crusaders,</em> the first major play about Muslim Americans post-9/11. In his new memoir, <em>Go Back to Where You Came From: And Other Helpful Recommendations on How to Become American,</em> Ali shares stories, both hilarious and poignant, of his experience growing up a Muslim Pakistani-American in an effort to inspire a new vision of America’s multicultural identity.  Ali served 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 <em>New York Times</em>, <em>The Atlantic</em>, <em>The Washington Post,</em> and <em>The Guardian</em>. On February 1, 2022, Wajahat Ali talked to Dave Eggers, the author of many books, including <em>Zeitoun</em>, <em>What Is the What</em>, <em>You Shall Know Our Velocity, and A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.</em> </p>