Rohingya

BOOK REVIEW: NONFICTION / A tale of forced displacement and uncertain futures

Review of ‘The Displaced Rohingyas: A Tale Of A Vulnerable Community’ (Routledge, 2024), edited by SK Tawfique M Haque, Bulbul Siddiqi, and Mahmudur Rahman Bhuiyan.

The road to a new Myanmar

Myanmar is facing a structural metamorphosis, putting its South and Southeast Asian neighbours on alert.

For sustainable Rohingya repatriation, citizenship and security are must

A 30-member Myanmar delegation—during their recent visit to Cox’s Bazar—failed to make any commitment to the refugees regarding their request for repatriation to their original homes

Between ifs and buts dwindles the future of the Rohingya

Is it a battle of numbers that give political actors the right to dehumanise them? We wish to believe that crises create the push for alternatives and that, in this case, collective actions will be towards this direction.

Into the intersection of identity & violence

It is worth considering that, according to historian Yuval Noah Harari, we may not be able to fully evade violence, as our evolutionary past has instilled certain inclinations within us that could be linked to violence.

News Analysis / Rohingya Repatriation: China now active but uncertainties yet to clear up

China now appears to be quite active in trying to make the Rohingya repatriation a reality.

Will the UNSC ever hold Myanmar accountable?

Repatriation is becoming a distant dream for the Rohingya

The books you will meet at Dhaka Art Summit 2023

For those who are especially interested in literature in book form, the first two floors of the exhibition hold treasures. 

Kaamil Ahmed publishes ‘first book-length exploration’ of Rohingya lives abroad

I Feel No Peace is the latest in this string of books exploring the Rohingya experience. It offers, in particular, a narrative account of their history and their experience with NGOs and the UN. 

February 17, 2024
February 17, 2024

A tale of forced displacement and uncertain futures

Review of ‘The Displaced Rohingyas: A Tale Of A Vulnerable Community’ (Routledge, 2024), edited by SK Tawfique M Haque, Bulbul Siddiqi, and Mahmudur Rahman Bhuiyan.

January 20, 2024
January 20, 2024

The road to a new Myanmar

Myanmar is facing a structural metamorphosis, putting its South and Southeast Asian neighbours on alert.

November 16, 2023
November 16, 2023

For sustainable Rohingya repatriation, citizenship and security are must

A 30-member Myanmar delegation—during their recent visit to Cox’s Bazar—failed to make any commitment to the refugees regarding their request for repatriation to their original homes

August 30, 2023
August 30, 2023

Between ifs and buts dwindles the future of the Rohingya

Is it a battle of numbers that give political actors the right to dehumanise them? We wish to believe that crises create the push for alternatives and that, in this case, collective actions will be towards this direction.

June 22, 2023
June 22, 2023

Into the intersection of identity & violence

It is worth considering that, according to historian Yuval Noah Harari, we may not be able to fully evade violence, as our evolutionary past has instilled certain inclinations within us that could be linked to violence.

May 30, 2023
May 30, 2023

Rohingya Repatriation: China now active but uncertainties yet to clear up

China now appears to be quite active in trying to make the Rohingya repatriation a reality.

February 24, 2023
February 24, 2023

Will the UNSC ever hold Myanmar accountable?

Repatriation is becoming a distant dream for the Rohingya

February 9, 2023
February 9, 2023

The books you will meet at Dhaka Art Summit 2023

For those who are especially interested in literature in book form, the first two floors of the exhibition hold treasures. 

January 25, 2023
January 25, 2023

Kaamil Ahmed publishes ‘first book-length exploration’ of Rohingya lives abroad

I Feel No Peace is the latest in this string of books exploring the Rohingya experience. It offers, in particular, a narrative account of their history and their experience with NGOs and the UN. 

January 18, 2023
January 18, 2023

Rohingyas accuse APBn of abuse

A 36-year-old Rohingya refugee activist was preparing a list of refugees allegedly abused by Bangladesh’s Armed Police Battalion (APBn). In consequence, he faced arrest, arbitrary detention and torture, he claimed.

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