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Marines Urinating on Dead Taliban: How Low Will We Go?

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 14, 2012

By Ethan Casey Huffington Post Posted: 1/13/12 11:45 AM ET I haven’t fully digested the disgusting news that U.S. Marines have been caught on video urinating on dead Taliban fighters in Afghanistan, so this post is not offered as a coherent … Continue reading →

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Media and Mobs

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 3, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Arundhati Roy Monday, November 01, 2010 (Courtesy: Znet) New Delhi, October 31: A mob of about a hundred people arrived at my house at 11 this morning (Sunday October 31st 2010.) They broke through the gate … Continue reading →

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Paradise Found

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 11, 2008

Subscribe to ShahidulNews It had been a hectic month. An assignment in Sri Lanka, followed by the World Press Photo award ceremony in Amsterdam and Martin Parr’s Sam Presser lecture. It had been many years since Martin had slept in … Continue reading →

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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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