The Moslems Are Coming

Azad Essa is a young South African going places. A journalist with a wicked sense of humour, his take on world politics is engaging and insightful. The Moslems Are Coming tracks a changing world, tackles race and religion head-on, gives fresh insight into the Israel-Palestine conflict, casts new light on old stereotypes, vents the frustrations and fears of the next generation – and ultimately offers us hope for the future.  ‘Azad Essa, a Bollywood-soaked, Indian-battered, black South African-tinged, accidental academic and incidental journalist … leaves no holy cows untaunted – nay, he even imagines them as beefburgers. The taunting is fast and furious and is bound to irritate many men and a few women in power’ – Ari Sitas, author of Voices That Reason ‘Azad writes with great verve and wit, but behind all the humour and lightness of touch is a deeply affecting and persuasive critique of the world we inhabit’ – Mirza Waheed, author of The Collaborator  ‘The book is not only seamlessly written, it is also chutzpadik, refreshing and – at its core – deeply humanistic’ – Jewish Report  ‘The man is abrasive, engaged, uncowed’ – Kevin Bloom, author of Ways of Staying  ‘Irreverence and wicked humour ricochet at high speed through this collection, like a game of squash played with a golf ball’- Sanjay Kak, Film-maker