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Tedx Ramallah

by Shahidul Alam Posted on August 14, 2011

Subscribe to ShahidulNews Given the recent deaths of film makers Tareque Masud and Mishuk Munier, this powerful affirmation of the power of film can be an inspiration to us all And hip hop used as never before: Believe me this … Continue reading →

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Coping With Life

by Shahidul Alam Posted on November 17, 2009

Practical session under a banyan tree on the banks of the river Mahananda, Chapainawabgonj. © Reza/Drik “Kamera tulen”. Elsewhere, one would think a hundred times before pointing a camera. Permission, legality, issues of representation, all came into play. In any … Continue reading →

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Old Dhaka-Belonging

by Shahidul Alam Posted on April 30, 2007

Farish had talked of situations “so full of all qualities of loveliness and purity, such new regions of high thought and feeling? that to the dwellers in past days it should seem rather the production of angels than of men.” … Continue reading →

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Everything Smelled of Money

by Shahidul Alam Posted on January 1, 2001

Subscribe to ShahidulNews In 1994 Shahidul Alam and Drik Picture Library launched a unique initiative which involved training children from poor, working-class families in Dhaka as photojournalists. Their progress since has been remarkable – now 16 years old, the ‘Out … Continue reading →

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