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I hear the screams

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 11, 2006

Even after years of playing Pied Piper with a camera, I am still taken aback by children insisting on being photographed. It was September 1988, and we had had the worst floods in a century. These people at Gaforgaon hadn’t … Continue reading →

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The Silences We Maintain

by Shahidul Alam Posted on February 21, 2003

Subscribe to ShahidulNews 11th September 2002. I was at Heathrow Airport, flying home to Dhaka. Friends had warned me against flying that day, but I wasn’t too bothered and looked forward to the empty seats I could stretch out on. … Continue reading →

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