Monthly Archives: September 2011

Children’s Art and Children’s Rights

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Published on Saturday, September 24, 2011 by CommonDreams.org by Claudia Lefko We’ve been here before, confronting this question of children’s art, and why it creates such a stir. I wrote about it in May 2006 when Brandeis … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 29, 2011
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9/11 again, responding to readers’

Subscribe to ShahidulNews 9/11 again, responding to readers’ By rahnuma ahmed My two-part series on 9/11 and the blowback paradigm has elicited considerable response from readers, not, I must add, in the pages of New Age but through e-mails, addressed … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 28, 2011
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Public talk at National Geographic

Subscribe to ShahidulNews When the lions find their storytellers: A public talk by Dr Shahidul Alam October 4th, 6 p.m. National Geographic Store 83-97 Regent Street London Internationally renowned Bangladeshi photographer, writer, curator and teacher Dr Shahidul Alam, will lead … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 28, 2011
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22 years of Drik

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Drik Day 24 september Photographs © Mahabub Alam Khan/Drik On the 4th Septeber 1989, something remarkable happened in Bangladesh. Please join us as Drik joyously celebrates 22 years of distinctive creativity Saturday, 24 September 2011 Programme 6.00 … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 23, 2011
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CONCLUDING PART: Does the `blowback’ paradigm explain 9/11?

Subscribe to ShahidulNews CONCLUDING PART Does the `blowback’ paradigm explain 9/11? Truth-ers disagree By rahnuma ahmed Before launching into my discussion of the `blowback’ paradigm, let’s take a quick look at the findings from a new poll of New Yorkers: … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 23, 2011
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Does the `blowback’ paradigm explain 9/11?

Subscribe to ShahidulNews PART I Does the `blowback’ paradigm explain 9/11? Truth-ers disagree By rahnuma ahmed In last week’s column, `9/11, growing disbelief at US govt’s account a decade later’ (New Age, September 12, 2011),  I’d wanted to write about … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 23, 2011
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Banglarights.net revived

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Bangladesh Human Rights Portal revived After the highly successful workshop : “Learning rights to make a difference” conducted by Drik and Internews, the Bangladesh Human Rights Portal has been revived. With the ongoing training programme with World … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 17, 2011
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9/11, growing disbelief at US government’s account a decade later…

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By rahnuma ahmed Today, September 11, 2011, is the tenth anniversary of the attacks on New York city’s Twin Towers, and the Pentagon. Eleven days after the attack, president Bush, in his address to a joint session … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 11, 2011
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