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Update on Mishu’s health

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 26, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Dear friends, Hello, I’m sorry for not having sent my regular updates for the last two days, caused by writing deadlines. Moshrefa Mishu’s health has worsened. Her back pain from a spinal injury has increased. She has … Continue reading →

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LIVING WAGES FOR GARMENT WORKERS

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 21, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Moshrefa Mishu, illegally arrested and remanded. By Rahnuma Ahmed I have known Moshrefa Mishu for the last 25 years. Since the mid-1980s when the two of us had participated in long and intense discussions with other representatives of … Continue reading →

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Imprisoned, or dead. Reflections on Victory Day, 2010

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 20, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Rahnuma Ahmed My heart was heavy on Victory Day. On Dec 12, four people, including a rickshaw driver aged 35, were killed in Chittagong EPZ as garment workers clashed with police because the new wage structure … Continue reading →

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Window to the soul

by Shahidul Alam Posted on June 26, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews A portrait they say, is not so much a likeness of the person being photographed, but a depiction of one’s character. More grand definitions talk of them being a ‘window to the soul’. I looked at my … Continue reading →

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A Tribute to Our Forgotten Sisters

by Shahidul Alam Posted on March 8, 2010

Majeda, Jarina, Farida and Many other Garment Workers By Saydia Gulrukh Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, New York City, March 25, 1911 Whoever saw the hellish fire at 33 Washington Place, A terrible tragedy, something quite new, Can never forget it, … Continue reading →

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Changing their destiny

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 25, 2009

Letter from Bangladesh Intro to film: In Search of the Shade of the Banyan Tree © Shahidul Alam/DrikAV They all have numbers. Jeans tucked into their high-ankled sneakers. They strut through the airport lounge, moving en masse. We work our … Continue reading →

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Remaking Destiny

by Shahidul Alam Posted on July 18, 2003

Subscribe to ShahidulNews www.migrantsoul.org Who am I? Where do I belong? Who determines my future? Society has no answer to these restless questions. Our sense of identity, kinship and community, are at worst shattered by the experience of migration and … Continue reading →

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