Sara Rashid

Sara Rashid, based in New York, is interested in how religion and politics shape art in South Asia.

Motherhood, martyrdom and the spirit of female resistance in 1971

Ekattorer Dinguli forces one to acknowledge the dire reality of ethnic and religious violence, and the harsh legacy of colonial oppression and divide that has ruptured the fabric of the South Asian subcontinent since 1947.

11m ago

Dhaka: A distant dream

I slip right back into the chaos I was raised alongside, and it feels like a reunion with a childhood friend.

1y ago

The devastating shades of intimacy after assault

On my worst days, any type of physical intimacy ends in hellish claustrophobia; I’m buried under layers of shame, wrapped in an endless cycle of revulsion at my body, and I can’t escape.

1y ago

(Not My) Home: Musings of a Reluctant Immigrant

Despite all her flaws, Dhaka is still the home that loves with reckless abandon

1y ago

Maa, all the things I’ve been silent about

Maa, all the things I’ve been silent about are all the things that could’ve saved me.

1y ago

Intimate acts of violence

“Don’t let strangers touch you.” And yet it is seldom strangers, I learned long before I was a teenager, who do you harm.

5y ago
May 15, 2023
May 15, 2023

Motherhood, martyrdom and the spirit of female resistance in 1971

Ekattorer Dinguli forces one to acknowledge the dire reality of ethnic and religious violence, and the harsh legacy of colonial oppression and divide that has ruptured the fabric of the South Asian subcontinent since 1947.

February 12, 2023
February 12, 2023

Dhaka: A distant dream

I slip right back into the chaos I was raised alongside, and it feels like a reunion with a childhood friend.

September 1, 2022
September 1, 2022

The devastating shades of intimacy after assault

On my worst days, any type of physical intimacy ends in hellish claustrophobia; I’m buried under layers of shame, wrapped in an endless cycle of revulsion at my body, and I can’t escape.

July 26, 2022
July 26, 2022

(Not My) Home: Musings of a Reluctant Immigrant

Despite all her flaws, Dhaka is still the home that loves with reckless abandon

May 11, 2022
May 11, 2022

Maa, all the things I’ve been silent about

Maa, all the things I’ve been silent about are all the things that could’ve saved me.

April 26, 2019
April 26, 2019

Intimate acts of violence

“Don’t let strangers touch you.” And yet it is seldom strangers, I learned long before I was a teenager, who do you harm.

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