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.

I, Whore; I, Birangona

Would it be too much to ask you/ To forgive me for the carnal sin I did not commit?

4m ago

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).

6m ago

Women’s revolution

The theocracy is crumbling in its seat

9m ago

PTSD

Martyrs and-slash-or heroes they call us Is it worth all the fuss? While they celebrate We ache to recuperate

10m ago

No, it’s not alright to dress up as an acid attack victim

Even worse is rewarding someone for doing so.

1y ago

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.

1y ago

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.

1y ago

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

1y ago
December 16, 2023
December 16, 2023

I, Whore; I, Birangona

Would it be too much to ask you/ To forgive me for the carnal sin I did not commit?

October 26, 2023
October 26, 2023

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).

July 22, 2023
July 22, 2023

Women’s revolution

The theocracy is crumbling in its seat

June 3, 2023
June 3, 2023

PTSD

Martyrs and-slash-or heroes they call us Is it worth all the fuss? While they celebrate We ache to recuperate

April 26, 2023
April 26, 2023

No, it’s not alright to dress up as an acid attack victim

Even worse is rewarding someone for doing so.

March 10, 2023
March 10, 2023

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.

December 26, 2022
December 26, 2022

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.

December 6, 2022
December 6, 2022

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

September 23, 2022
September 23, 2022

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.

August 5, 2022
August 5, 2022

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.

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