Yasmin Alibhai-Brown (born Yasmin Damji on 10 December 1949) is a Ugandan-born British journalist and author, who describes herself as a "leftie liberal, anti-racist, feminist, Muslim, part-Pakistani, and ... a very responsible person". Currently a regular columnist for The Independent and the London Evening Standard, she is a well-known commentator on issues relating to immigration, diversity and multiculturalism. She is a founder member of British Muslims for Secular Democracy. She is also a patron of the SI Leeds Literary Prize.
She was awarded an M.B.E. (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in 2001 New Year's Honors List for her services to journalism, but returned it as a protest against the new empire in Iraq and a growing republicanism in 2003.
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Ugandan-born journalist and broadcaster, resident in Britain since 1972. She has contributed to several national newspapers including The Guardian, The New Statesman and The Independent.
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