Events

Please join Brazos Bookstore and Voices Breaking Boundaries at the Rothko Chapel for a lecture about Pakistan with British-Pakistani writer, journalist, and filmmaker Tariq Ali. Born in Lehore in 1943, Tariq Ali was educated at Oxford University, where he became involved in student politics, particularly with the movement against the war in Vietnam. On graduating he led the Vietnam Solidarity Campaign. He owned his own independent television production company, Bandung, which produced programs for Channel 4 in the United Kingdom during the 1980s. He is a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio and contributes articles and journalism to magazines and newspapers. He is editorial director of London publisher Verso and is on the board of the New Left Review, for whom he is also an editor. His fiction includes a series of historical novels about Islam: Shadows of the Pomegranate Tree (1992), The Book of Saladin (1998), The Stone Woman (2000), and A Sultan in Palermo (2005). His non-fiction includes 1968: Marching in the Streets (1998), a social history of the 1960s; Conversations with Edward Said (2005); Rough Music: Blair, Bombs, Baghdad, London, Terror (2005); and Speaking of Empire and Resistance (2005). His books of essays include The Clash of Fundamentalisms (2002) and The Protocols of the Elders of Sodom (2009). As a sacred space dedicated to broadening interfaith understanding, the Rothko Chapel is committed to bringing together people of all faiths to experience the tranquil meditative environment inspired by the murals of the American painter Mark Rothko. The Rothko Chapel presents a full series of programs exploring human rights, culture, and spirituality. For information about programs or the Rothko Chapel, call 713-524-9839 or visit www.rothkochapel.org.