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9/11, growing disbelief at US government’s account a decade later…

by Shahidul Alam Posted on September 11, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By rahnuma ahmed Today, September 11, 2011, is the tenth anniversary of the attacks on New York city’s Twin Towers, and the Pentagon. Eleven days after the attack, president Bush, in his address to a joint session … Continue reading →

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Flotilla Fabrication

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 27, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews “The average person believes implicitly that the photograph cannot falsify. Of course, you and I know that this unbounded faith in the integrity of the photograph is often rudely shaken, for, while photographs may not lie, liars … Continue reading →

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Power from the barrel of a lens

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 26, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Satish Sharma Forget about the power that, according to Mao, flows from the Barrels of Guns! A lot more power actually flows through the matte black barrels of lenses. Camera lenses! And this is a power … Continue reading →

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The Face That Launched a Thousand Drones?

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 20, 2010

Subscribe to ShahidulNews By Anne Holmes The much talked about August 9 Time magazine cover, unabashed in its aim to shore up support for the war effort in Afghanistan, has left many still shaking their heads in disbelief at such … Continue reading →

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9/11 Suicide Hijackers. Risen from the dead

by Shahidul Alam Posted on December 30, 2009

by Rahnuma Ahmed “Curiouser and curiouser!” Cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English). – Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland (1865) It’s old news. So, why bother writing about … Continue reading →

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Ground Zero

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 7, 2002

Subscribe to ShahidulNews It was as a student of photography that I poured through the mysterious images of Joel Meyerowitz. Haunting images of the twilight zone. Nature’s colours blending into the neon constructions of mankind. A changing moment in everyday … Continue reading →

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