20 Facts About Waleed Aly

Waleed Aly was born on 15 August 1978 and is an Australian television presenter, journalist, academic, and lawyer.

Waleed Aly writes for Fairfax Media, co-hosts The Minefield, an ABC RN program about ethical dilemmas of modern life, and is lead guitarist in rock band Robot Child.

Waleed Aly was born on 15 August 1978 in Melbourne, Victoria, to Egyptian parents.

Waleed Aly attended Wesley College, completing the International Baccalaureate in 1996.

Waleed Aly then studied at the University of Melbourne, graduating with Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Laws degrees in 2002.

In May 2017 Waleed Aly was awarded a PhD, for his thesis on global terrorism titled Towards a structuration theory of global terrorism.

In 2007 Waleed Aly published People Like Us: How arrogance is dividing Islam and the West.

Waleed Aly is a staff member of the Global Terrorism Research Centre at Monash University.

Waleed Aly has said that most of the conflicts in the Middle East can be traced to the arbitrary way in which its territories were divided-up by Western powers by the ongoing demand for Middle Eastern oil and more recently by factors such as the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

In searching for reasons behind the suicide attacks in central London on 7 July 2005, Waleed Aly reminded readers of the Quranic passage, Do not let the injustice of others lead you into injustice.

Waleed Aly was the host of ABC TV's Big Ideas program on ABC1 and ABC News 24.

Waleed Aly has been a regular guest co-host on The Conversation Hour with Jon Faine on 774 ABC Melbourne and The Project on Channel 10 and was a regular panel member and producer on Salam Cafe, a weekly program presented by young members of Melbourne's Muslim community and produced by RMITV first for C31 Melbourne and later for SBS.

Waleed Aly was the inaugural host of RN Drive on ABC Radio National in January 2012.

In December 2014, Waleed Aly resigned from the ABC in order to become the permanent co-host of Channel Ten's The Project, starting on 26 January 2015.

Waleed Aly returned to ABC RN in April 2015 to co-host The Minefield with Scott Stephens, in addition to his role on The Project for Channel Ten.

At the 2005 Walkley Awards, Waleed Aly was commended in the category of Commentary, Analysis, Opinion and Critique.

In May 2016, Waleed Aly won the Gold Logie Award for Best Personality on Australian Television, chosen by the public through an online vote.

In May 2016 Waleed Aly was Liberty Victoria's winner of the Voltaire Award for free speech.

Waleed Aly is the lead guitarist and principal songwriter for the Melbourne-based rock band Robot Child.

Waleed Aly is a featured artist on "Surah Maryam" the 2021 Paul Kelly's Christmas Train album.