Ziauddin Sardar
Ziauddin Sardar, writer and broadcaster, describes himself as a ‘critical polymath’. He is the author of over 40 books, including the highly acclaimed ‘Desperately Seeking Paradise’. He is Visiting Professor, School of Arts, the City University, London and editor of ‘Futures’, the monthly journal of planning, policy and futures studies.
Articles by Ziauddin Sardar
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A traveller's tale
- 06 September 1999
Film - Ziauddin Sardar on the screen portrayal of a Muslim Marco Polo
Arts & Culture
Here be pirates
- 02 August 1999
Is it real or is it digital? Ziauddin Sardar shows how Malaysia's shadow economy helps its citizens jump on to the postmodern consumerist merry-go-round
Politics
Iranians hold a dress rehearsal for revolution
- 26 July 1999
President Khatami wants to modernise his nation and Islam. He has powerful allies
Politics
We must stop being loan sharks
- 21 June 1999
Cancelling third world debt will help everyone, us and the poor alike, argues Ziauddin Sardar
Ideas
The New Statesman Essay - In search of the sound of silence
- 14 June 1999
Only when Ziauddin Sardar endured the maddening racket of the natural world did he grasp the sense in which modern city-dwellers have gone deaf


