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.
Noora Shamsi Bahar is a senior lecturer at the Department of English and Modern Languages, North South University, and a published researcher and translator.
Would it be too much to ask you/ To forgive me for the carnal sin I did not commit?
Guillermo Del Toro’s stop-motion animation, Pinocchio (2022) is loosely based on Carlo Collodi’s novel, The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883).
Martyrs and-slash-or heroes they call us Is it worth all the fuss? While they celebrate We ache to recuperate
Even worse is rewarding someone for doing so.
As an Iranian woman living in Bangladesh, I weep for girls and women in Iran on International Women’s Day this year.
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.
Reporters have to be careful not take away from the truth in the hopes of a sensational story/headline
What the Narsingdi Railway incident really reveals about our society's attitude towards women.
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.
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?
Why is Wordle so addictive and why are a lot of people so obsessed with 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.
A nosy parker asks, “Why aren’t you having kids yet? You’ve been married for two years already! Why the delay?
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.
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.
According to media reports, a 600-feet-long “safety zone” was recently allocated for women and children visiting Cox’s Bazar.
The recent rape and consequent death of a school-going, 17-year-old girl fills one with rage and helplessness.