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Noora Shamsi Bahar

Noora Shamsi Bahar is a senior lecturer at the Department of English and Modern Languages, North South University, and a published researcher and translator.

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LITERARY CURTAINS / ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’: Reverberating despair and dread through a theatrical production

All Quiet on the Western Front (Little, Brown and Company, 1929), a semi-autobiographical novel authored by a German World War I veteran, Erich Maria Remarque, is one of the greatest anti-war works of literature—one that was published nearly a century back and still holds relevance today
30 April 2025, 18:00 PM
30 April 2025, 18:00 PM
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Our schools must do more to stop bullying

Despite being quite the nerd, I found no solace in education.
17 March 2025, 10:30 AM
17 March 2025, 10:30 AM
sanitary napkins controversy at book fair

Why are men more outraged over pads than violence against women?

Men objected to the public display of sanitary napkins at the Ekushey Boi Mela.
20 February 2025, 02:10 AM
20 February 2025, 02:10 AM
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Online grooming and the fight to protect our children

Grooming of minors by paedophilic adults seems to be an overlooked yet pressing societal anomaly
17 February 2025, 02:01 AM
17 February 2025, 02:01 AM
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Opinion / Disney’s ‘Moana’: An offensive portrayal of Polynesian culture and mythology

Unsurprisingly, the film’s directors, Ron Clements and John Musker, are white, and it is almost as if “whiteness” prevents artistes, such as film directors, from portraying the non-white peoples with a non-colonial lens.
3 November 2024, 12:41 PM
3 November 2024, 12:41 PM
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Iran’s presidential elections: A smokescreen?

Should we believe that the same man who didn’t believe in women’s right to freedom of choice is now a changed “reformist”?
10 July 2024, 12:30 PM
10 July 2024, 12:30 PM
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Is the theme of this year’s Met Gala ironically prophetic?

The parallel between the 2024 Met Gala and 'The Garden of Time,' a short speculative fiction written by JG Ballard, is uncanny.
10 May 2024, 04:10 AM
10 May 2024, 04:10 AM
#FreeToomaj

Say their names to save their lives

Let Toomaj Salehi’s words strike a chord in our hearts, a chord that will spur action, no matter how small
28 April 2024, 02:00 AM
28 April 2024, 02:00 AM
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I, Whore; I, Birangona

Would it be too much to ask you/ To forgive me for the carnal sin I did not commit?
15 December 2023, 18:00 PM
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The unclassifiable “monsters” of Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Pinocchio’

Guillermo Del Toro’s stop-motion animation, Pinocchio (2022) is loosely based on Carlo Collodi’s novel, The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883).
25 October 2023, 18:00 PM
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Women’s revolution

The theocracy is crumbling in its seat
21 July 2023, 18:00 PM
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PTSD

Martyrs and-slash-or heroes they call us Is it worth all the fuss? While they celebrate We ache to recuperate
2 June 2023, 18:00 PM
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No, it’s not alright to dress up as an acid attack victim

Even worse is rewarding someone for doing so.
26 April 2023, 16:00 PM
Iran schoolgirls poisoned with gas

The attempt to poison Iran's schoolgirls into silence

As an Iranian woman living in Bangladesh, I weep for girls and women in Iran on International Women’s Day this year.
10 March 2023, 01:00 AM
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Iranians are not “docile” bodies

The current revolution in Iran is one that will go down in history as evidence that human beings have indomitable spirits and aren’t just mere sheep-like, “docile” bodies that abide by the laws of an all-seeing authoritarian shepherd.
26 December 2022, 15:00 PM
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Media should be careful not to report in Iran regime’s favour

Reporters have to be careful not take away from the truth in the hopes of a sensational story/headline
6 December 2022, 13:08 PM
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The futility of oppression in Iran

Despite knowing that they may be arrested, beaten, or killed the way 22-year-old Mahsa Amini was killed by the Morality Police on September 16, Iran's women are protesting valiantly.
23 September 2022, 11:30 AM
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STAR Cineplex and the lungi-clad customer

STAR Cineplex’s act of benevolence confirms the power distance between the capitalist private company and the lungi-clad customer.
5 August 2022, 10:30 AM
Moral policing: Women sexual harassment A zombie virus

Moral policing: A zombie virus

What the Narsingdi Railway incident really reveals about our society's attitude towards women.
21 May 2022, 06:24 AM
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‘Hijra’: Is it derogatory or not? Let them decide.

Some time ago, I took to Facebook and wrote about an encounter with a member of the Hijra community, and how, because I didn’t have any change to offer, she (Ms Roy) told me she’d be happy if I could give her one of my makeup products.
15 April 2022, 18:00 PM
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Why it’s okay to forget the books you read

What makes them my favourites, if I can’t remember the names of the engrossing characters or the details of the intricate plots in some of my “favourite” books?
6 April 2022, 18:00 PM
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You’re obsessed with Wordle because…

Why is Wordle so addictive and why are a lot of people so obsessed with it?
1 April 2022, 10:35 AM
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Nothing is more alarming than when women do patriarchy’s work for it

A few days ago, a video that went viral showed a young college-going girl beating her harasser on a bus, ripping his shirt in the process, and making him beg for forgiveness.
20 March 2022, 18:00 PM
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Our selfish obsession with becoming parents

A nosy parker asks, “Why aren’t you having kids yet? You’ve been married for two years already! Why the delay?
18 February 2022, 18:00 PM
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The not-so-innocent side of mass-produced toys

We don’t normally think of toys from a critical perspective because, well, they’re just toys. But if one were to reflect on it, one might become easily disenchanted by these children’s playthings.
30 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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Mojaffor Hossain’s All the Sadeqs are getting killed

The most naïve boy of Dhabaldhola village had been murdered. The decapitated body lay on the demarcation line between the Bangari field and the Taro crop-field.
21 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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Five reasons why ‘safety zone’ for women is a bad idea

According to media reports, a 600-feet-long “safety zone” was recently allocated for women and children visiting Cox’s Bazar.
3 January 2022, 18:00 PM
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Schools must teach more than academic syllabus

The recent rape and consequent death of a school-going, 17-year-old girl fills one with rage and helplessness.
10 January 2021, 18:00 PM

Pagination

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