Category Archives: Personal

London launch: My journey as a witness

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Book Launch: Organised by Candlestar We invite you to the official UK book launch of ‘My Journey as a Witness’, a book of images by celebrated photographer Shahidul Alam. An extraordinary artist, Shahidul Alam is a photographer, writer, activist, … Continue reading

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The Last Goodbye

Subscribe to ShahidulNews She would put on a burkha every morning so that choto chacha, my dad’s younger brother, could drop her off at her parents. He would take her to her college instead. That was how Quazi Anwara Monsur … Continue reading

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Fathers and Sons

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Subject: Thinking of you Sent: 02/13 3:21 AM Received: 02/13 5:09 AM From: shahidul@drik.net To: Pedro Meyer, pedrom@directnet.com Dear Pedro, I have not written to you for a long time now. Things have been difficult here, and … Continue reading

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