Syed Neaz Ahmed I worked as a senior lecturer at Umm al-Qura University in Mecca until last January. I taught English language, linguistics and creative writing. Over 28 years I signed three contracts with the university and had no problem whatsoever, … Continue reading
Nirjhar’s image used in Wikipedia entry on Solar Eclipse Solar eclipse on 22nd July 2009 taken by Lutfar Rahman Nirjhar from his village home of Rangalirbash in Nageshwari upazilla of Kurigram district. Bangladesh. Other eclipse photographs by Muntasir Mamun: Before diamond ring with … Continue reading
Rahman’s case is one of the latest in a growing number of cases – 29, at last count – in which British intelligence services have been accused of colluding in the torture of British nationals and residents: Rangzieb Ahmed, Salahuddin Amin, Zeeshan Siddiqui, Rashid Rauf by the ISI, Binyam Mohamed in Morocco, Alam Ghafoor in Dubai, and Azhar Khan in Egypt. Rahman’s case provides the clearest indication so far, of torture outsourced Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews OK. I’ll admit it. I do have a soft spot for older women. My grandmother, my mother, Shejokhalamma, Chotokhalamma, Chotomami, Sufia Khala (poet Sufia Kamal), Didi (Mahasweta Devi) were all pretty special. All in their eighties or … Continue reading
