I was imprisoned in the aftermath of the 11 September 2001 attacks, when Egypt's state security was rounding people up in unprecedented numbers.
I was born and raised in Essex, just outside London, to a financially comfortable, well-educated Pakistani family.
Ironically, xenophobic nationalists are utilizing the benefits of globalization.
In current times, our moral uproar is best reserved for those who aspire to stone men or women to death, not those who consensually watch women - or men, for that matter - dance.
Unity in faith is theocracy; unity in politics is fascism.
As people's opportunities to succumb to confirmation bias increases online - only seeking out information that confirms their prejudices - ignorance, extremism and close-mindedness have continued to rise unabated.