Original upload date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 02:00:00 GMT
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Closing night of Asia House's Festival of Asian Literature
My Beautiful Laundrette and The Buddha of Suburbia. His new collection begins with the introduction to My Beautiful Laundrette which allowe
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d him to expand upon the questions posed by the film -- about race, class, sexuality. Over the past decades he has developed these ideas as Islam's relation to the West has become one of the burning issues of our age.
As with his fictional work, these essays display Kureishi's ability to capture the temper of the times. His conversation with Kenan Malik (From Fatwa To Jihad), himself an outspoken commentator, is sure to provoke an intense and fascinating discussion.
This evening is produced in partnership with the Royal Commonwealth Society
Filmed & Edited by http://www.yorksmith.co.uk/video-production/event-filming/
