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Jamaat’s farce unravels

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 21, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Rahnuma Ahmed A national convention of freedom fighters organised by supporters and activists of Jamaat-e-Islami and its students’ wing Islami Chhatra Shibir. An outright appropriation. The only problem is, Mohammad Ali saw through it. A single … Continue reading →

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The Month of Victory

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 14, 2006

14th December 1971. The stark dismembered face stared from the bricks in the Rayerbazar graveyard. It was a last ditch attempt by an occupation army to leave a nation they had been unable to subdue, crippled intellectually and culturally. Rashid … Continue reading →

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Midwife to a Bloody Birth

by Shahidul Alam Posted on June 26, 2003

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Keeping the door ajar, so she wouldn’t get accidentally locked out, Amma stood waving at the doorstep of 1, Birkdale Road, long after the taxi was out of her view. I didn’t bring it up then, but … Continue reading →

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