Once Were Radicals: My Years As A Teenage Islamo-fascist: New Zealand

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Wednesday, May 6, 2009

MEDIA: Once Were Radicals on Radio NZ ...

Irfan Yusuf, author of Once Were Radicals: My Years as a Teenage Islamo-fascist, recently appeared on Radio NZ's popular Nine To Noon Show with Kathryn Ryan.

You can listen to the program by clicking here. You can also download the interview by clicking here or here.

About the author ...

Irfan Yusuf is a Sydney-based lawyer, commentator, blogger and author.

He was educated in Sydney, apart from brief stints in Karachi and Princeton. He completed his legal studies at Macquarie University and the University of Technology, both in Sydney. He has practised law since 1994, his main area now being employment and workplace relations.

Irfan has written profiles, op-eds and reviews in over 15 major newspapers in Australia and New Zealand including the Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, The Age, Canberra Times, Brunei Times and New Zealand Herald. He also writes regularly for popular online portals including Crikey, NewMatilda, OnlineOpinion and ABC Unleashed. Irfan’s work has also appeared in Eureka Street, Malaysiakini and the Webdiary. He has also blogged for the Daily Telegraph.

Irfan is a regular columnist for the Crescent Times newspaper published in Perth. He is also a columnist and associate editor of AltMuslim.com.

Irfan has been interviewed on TV and radio in Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Indonesia and France on a variety of matters relating to the Australian politics, Muslim communities, cricket and the law.

Irfan is a Research Associate at the Australian Homeland Security Research Centre in Canberra. Since 2005, he has been a White Ribbon Day Ambassador campaigning to eliminate all forms of violence against women.