By Gabriel Elizondo in Americas Aljazeera Wed, 2012-01-11 03:55. In the northwest Brazilian Amazon town of Brasileia, population 20,238, there are almost 1,200 Haitians. They often mill around during the day, clustered in groups in the shade trying to keep … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews Surge in Global Migration Expands Scale of an Aid Group’s Influence Words By Jason DeParle Photographs by Shahidul Alam Published: New York Times August 30, 2011 DHAKA, Bangladesh — As global migration has rapidly expanded, so has … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews The accident had changed things, and rather than see it as an impediment, I decided to make it a feature of my work. So on the 2nd Monday having been to the hospital for my regular physiotherapy, … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews Wasn’t sure how it would work out. But it was an interesting suggestion from Lino. “Just do what interests you. Take what grabs your eye” she had said. The embankment in Rayerbazaar was built to protect the … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews In late 2008 and early 2009 the Norwegian photographer Tom Hatlestad spent four months driving overland between Norway and Bangladesh. Along the way, he asked a hundred people to define freedom. Some of them are featured in … Continue reading
His eyes flitted forward and back, and having surveyed the scene for possible danger, it stopped. The head stooped, and that was how he stayed. Crouched on the floor of a bus full of Bangalis, the Pahari (hill person) amongst … Continue reading
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
Subscribe to ShahidulNews The World’s Preeminent Photojournalists and Thinkers Depict Essential Issues of Our Time Sterling. 2008. 335p. ed. by David Elliot Cohen. photogs. index. ISBN 978-1-4027-5834-8. $27.95. POL SCI PHOTOGRAPHY EXPOSES TRUTHS, advances the public discourse, and demands action. … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews Rahnuma Ahmed Amar jiboner sreshtho shomoita dilam. Amar joubon amake ke phirie debe? (I gave the best years of my life. Who will give me back my youth?) A Bangladeshi migrant. Paris, 2002. Bangladeshi workers resting in … Continue reading
Subscribe to ShahidulNews The Daily Star Volume 4 Number 25 Sat. June 21, 2003 Literature Travel Writing Juggling, juggling, juggling… Shahidul Alam And while last week Fakrul Alam went on vacation to Indonesia, this week another, and very different, Bangladeshi … Continue reading
