Category Archives: politics

Crossfire – Photographs by Shahidul Alam

Opening Reception & Forum: Sunday, April 15, 6:00 pm – 9:30 pm, 2012 Queens Museum of Art, NYC Building, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY 11368  DIRECTIONS Forum & Opening Reception for Partnership Gallery Exhibition in Collaboration with Drik Picture Library, … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 7, 2012
Posted in Bangladesh, Crossfire, Governance, Human rights, Killings, Law, Photography, politics, South Asia | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

CONCLUDING PART Reclaiming Jahangirnagar from a ‘godfather’ VC

  by rahnuma ahmed   Is it an exaggeration to speak of Jahangirnagar university’s vice-chancellor professor Sharif Enamul Kabir as a `godfather’? Press reports of the last one and a half years doesn’t incline one to think so. They strongly … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 3, 2012
Posted in Bangladesh, Corruption, Governance, Rahnuma Ahmed, Resistance | Tagged , , , , | 3 Comments

PART-I Reclaiming Jahangirnagar from a ‘godfather’ VC

by rahnuma ahmed Its been a bit over a decade since I left Jahangirnagar to become a fulltime writer, but I discovered soon after that  no one really leaves Jahangirnagar. I’m still as attached to the place as I’d been … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 3, 2012
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Afghanistan Chronicles, Part 6:

 Near Ground Zero and in Af-Pak Region, Two Labyrinths Friday, 30 March 2012 10:17By Suzanne Bauman, Jim Burroughs, Truthout | News Analysis Ground Zero in New York City. (Photo: Karen Blumberg / Flickr)The endless war on terror in South Asia – with Afghanistan, … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 31, 2012
Posted in Capitalism, Colonialism, Democracy, Global Issues, Governance, Military, politics | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Many faces of war 1971: A muktijodhdha speaks

1971. ‘71. Ekattor. Is it a number? A word? A history? To any Bangladeshi, it embodies the pride of our nation, the struggle for our independence, the pain of loss, the humiliation of being violated, the joy of victory.

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 28, 2012
Posted in 1971, Bangladesh, culture, Education, Elections, Genocide, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, Military, Occupation, Photography, Photojournalism, politics, Resistance, Shahidul Alam | Tagged , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Former Al-Jazeera journalist explains why he left over reporting on Syria and Bahrain

The prison gates are open… Bio Ali Hashem is a television journalist who recently resigned from his post as a war reporter for Al Jazeera. While working for Al Jazeera, he covered the revolution in Libya, Lebanese politics, and tension … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 23, 2012
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Many faces of war 1971

Drik cordially invites you to a photography exhibition “Many faces of war 1971″ at Suhrawardi Uddan, Dhaka (in front of Shikha Chironton) on 26 March 2012  at 11:00 am. The exhibition will remain open to the public till 31 March, 2012. … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 22, 2012
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I Don’t Want To See Their Faces; I Don’t Want To Hear Them Scream

Published on Monday, March 12, 2012 by Common Dreams by Christopher Cooper The whole thing is regrettable, really. Shocking, truth to tell. And so sad, I’m sure, for those people, those blanket-wearing, beard-growing, false-god-worshiping, probably-related-to-terrorists, citizens of Afghanistan whose wives and children … Continue reading →

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 20, 2012
Posted in Capitalism, Genocide, Governance, Human rights, Imperialism, Media issues, Occupation, politics, Terrorism, USA | Tagged , , , , , | 1 Comment